2026-27 Council Budget Summary

Below you can find a summary of the 2026-2027 draft Capital works plan that was approved in a special Council meeting on Tuesday 23rd of July.

You can find the official Council meeting minutes and approved capital works plan HERE

BUILDINGSS

  • Makers workshop building with Toilets - Community Precinct, Sorell
  • Double Cubicle DDA Toilet & disposal area at northern end of beach - Primrose Sands Beach 
  • Sorell Memorial Hall | AW | Supper Room renewal

CARRY OVERS (FROM PREVIOUS FY) - BUILDINGS

  • Upgrade / fitout to youth space to create an appropriate indoor / outdoor area at rear of building -11 Fitzroy St, Sorell 
  • Sorell Men's Shed Facility - Hobart Vintage Machinery Club site, Penna 
  • Sorell Smart Solar Upgrades - CAC & South East Stadium, Sorell
  • Dunalley Canal BBQ shelter 
  • Madison Lyden Park, Sorell - Toilet for POS / Lyden Park - triple cubicle DDA & change table. 
  • South East Sports Complex, Sorell - Scope and design to re-purpose old football change rooms plus netball concrete toilets / change room. Scope to also include a covered walkway between stadium and netball toilet/change room building. 

PARKS & RESERVES

  • Dodges Ferry Boat Ramp carpark - 2 x picnic tables and shelters overlooking beach.
  • Dodges Ferry Recreation Ground LED lighting upgrade @ minimum 150 LUX - includes 4 x poles.
  • New playground between Hoffman St and First Ave, north of multi-use courts. Midway Point between Hoffman Street and First Ave 
  • New playground at northern end of beach at Primrose Sands Beach 
  • South East Sports Complex - Upgrade existing soccer pitch lighting to LED x 6 towers @ minimum 200 LUX.
  • Installation of seating, table and shelter at Samuel Thorne Reserve, Lewisham
  • Dodges Ferry Rec Ground / School - Installation of (cricket) ball net / fence between school / oval. Include installation of surface upgrade in front of interchange benches.
  • Upgrade Sweetwater Park - shade / shelter / possibly some seating (space restrictions). Sweetwater Park, Midway Point
  • Community Hall, Primrose Sands - Connection of Hall water tanks overflow to supply toilet on P5 Road and outlet (locked) for TFS
  • Neil Davis memorial area / seating at Sorell Memorial Hall
  • Primrose Sands Beach - Seating and shelter x 2 at southern end of beach entrance / carpark. Use common design from PlayStreet.

CARRY OVERS (FROM PREVIOUS FY) - PARKS & RESERVES

  • Madison Lyden Park, Sorell - Irrigation, soil rehab and turf for Madison Lyden Park, Sorell
  • Foreshore access steps / ramp - Red Ochre Beach, Dodges Ferry 
  • Old Forcett Road Quarry - Fencing for land at Old Forcett Road Quarry.
  • South East Sports Complex, Sorell - Bench seating - prefab with slab x 16 units for senior (and possibly junior) oval. Plus tiered, covered seating for soccer ground @ 112 capacity.
  • South East Sports Complex, Sorell - Portable seating x 6 bays = 100 capacity (Can be used indoors or outdoors)
  • Pump Track, Vancouver Park, Midway Point 
  • Sorell Streetscape upgrades - Sorell 
  • Boat Park additional wastewater disposal area

FOOTPATHS & CYCLEWAYS

  • Primrose Sands Road, Primrose Sands - Upgrade footpath from RSL to Tamarix Road
  • Bally Park Road, Dodges Ferry -Bally Park Road, Rotuli to East Street
  • Carlton Beach Rd to Provence Drive - Snake Hollow Park to Gate Five. path - 1.3km x 1.8m wide.
  • Arthur Hwy Dunalley - 1.8m gravel path along Arthur Hwy from Ryan's Lane to Imlay St
  • Esplanade, Midway Point - 1 Midway Point Esp 85mx1.8m path connecting footpath and loop track
  • Dubs and Co Drive, Sorell - Pedestrian refuge

CARRY OVERS (FROM PREVIOUS FY) - FOOTPATHS & CYCLEWAYS

  • Carlton Beach Rd, Dodges Ferry - East St to Raprinnner St 
  • Pawleena Rd, Sorell - Pawleena Roundabout footpath

ROAD RECONSTRUCTION 

  • Carlton River Road, Carlton Reconstruction 
  • Nugent Road, Wattle Hill Reconstruction
  • Hurst Street, Lewisham  Reconstruction
  • Mary Street, Lewisham - segment 3 only (and junction portion of segment 2) |
  • Edith Close, Forcett Reconstruction 
  • Hobart Vintage Machinery Club site, Penna - Gravel access road and carpark for Men's Shed.
  • Vancouver Park, Midway Point - Carpark x 12 spaces associated with new pump track. 

CARRY OVERS(FROM PREVIOUS FY) - RECONSTRUCTION

  • Delmore Road / White Hill intersection, Forcett - Partial reconstruction and reseal.

ROAD RESHEETING

  • Waterson Lane, Carlton - New section of Waterson Lane off Josephs Rd 
  • Russell St & Bay St, Dunalley - New section of Russell Street from Gellibrand to Bay St plus top section of Bay St 
  • Bankton Road 
  • Homewood Drive 
  • Kellevie Road, Kellevie 
  • Nonesuch Road 
  • Nugent Road 
  • Imlay St Dunalley 

ROAD RESEALS

  • Walker Street, Sorell - Re-Seal segment 1-7 Asphalt 
  • Beach Road, Connellys Marsh - Reseal Segments 1-4; Single Coat S/S
  • Nugent Road, Sorell - Reseal Segments 4, 9, 10-14 only in FY26/27, 24 & 25; Single Coat S/S
  • Uplands Cresent, Forcett
  • Arnott St, Dodges Ferry
  • Bally Park Rd, Dodges Ferry
  • Colleen Cresent, Primrose Sand

CARRY OVERS (FROM PREVIOUS FY) - ROAD RESEALS

  • White Hill Rd, Forcett