Public Works Committee: Enfield Memorial Park

Mr CREGAN (Kavel) (11:05): I move:

That the 90^th report of the committee for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament, entitled Enfield Memorial Park Multi-Function Community Precinct, be noted.

Enfield Memorial Park, located on Browning Street, Clearview, has served the South Australian community for more than 70 years. Management of the Enfield Memorial Park was taken over by the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority in 2002. Enfield Memorial Park is the administrative centre for all four of the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority's cemeteries. The existing facility is over 50 years old and is reaching the end of its useful life. The cremators are nearly 30 years old and approaching the end of their life.

It is proposed that a new multipurpose community facility be constructed at Enfield Memorial Park that can meet both funeral and non-funeral community needs for the next five decades or more. When complete, the new facility will include improved chapels and lounge areas to accommodate larger services, provide an onsite cafe and floristry service, and include new green space for community use. The crematorium facilities will also be upgraded as part of the proposed redevelopment.

The provision of community function spaces that can be adapted for funeral services and functions ranging from 20 to 450 people is among the key objectives for the proposed project. As part of the 2019-20 budget, cabinet approved the allocation of funding of $25 million to be provided over four years from 2019-20 for the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority's multifunction community precinct at the Enfield Memorial Park.

Construction of the Enfield Memorial Park multifunction community precinct is expected to be complete by September 2022. The committee examined written and oral evidence in relation to this project and received assurances that the appropriate consultation had been undertaken. The committee is satisfied that the proposal has been subject to the appropriate agency consultation and does meet the criteria for the examination of projects as described in the act.

Based on the evidence considered and pursuant to section 12C of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991, the Public Works Committee does report to parliament that it recommends the scope of the works that I have described this morning to the house.

Motion carried.