• Skatepark size, before200 m²
  • Skatepark size, after750 m²
  • Target completionOctober 2026
  • Who paysCouncil, in full

Council confirmed on 8 July that construction is under way at Frost Reserve, Kincumber. The old skatepark, in council’s words, served the community well but was ageing and no longer provided the space or variety of features riders are looking for. The replacement grows the concrete from 200 to 750 square metres, a bit under four times the area, and is pitched at skaters and scooter riders across ages and skill levels. Council says construction should finish by October 2026, weather permitting.

What is actually in it

The design mixes street elements with flowing lines. Council’s list of features: quarter pipes of varying heights and difficulty, a Euro kicker, various rails, a flat bar, a flat ledge and a slappy kerb. Around the riding surface, the project adds a covered spectator area for shade and shelter, and fencing that separates the skatepark from the adjoining playing fields.

The riders designed it

This is one of the more thoroughly consulted small projects on the Coast’s books. Council’s engagement record on Your Voice Our Coast shows two rounds through 2025: hands-on design workshops at the Kincumba Mountain kiosk in March (19 participants across two sessions) alongside a survey that drew 53 responses, then draft-concept workshops in April (26 participants) and a second survey in May with 64 responses.

The feedback visibly changed the design. Council lists five amendments made to the draft concept before it was finalised: a mini ramp was integrated into the layout, a planned garden area was removed, the bank area was repositioned for better flow, the footpath was moved to the southern edge with a sports fence added, and plain paving was swapped for coloured concrete.

Part of a bigger Frost Reserve job, and a bigger recreation spend

The skatepark is the visible piece of a wider upgrade: council’s Major Projects hub lists Frost Reserve upgrades covering the skate park, amenities and lighting. Kincumber does well out of this year’s council spending more broadly: the adopted 2026-27 budget also added $2.7 million to buy Mackillop Oval, in the same suburb. And riders elsewhere on the Coast are next in the queue: the same budget adoption put $800,000 against a skate park, BMX and pump track at Picnic Point, The Entrance, for 2027-28.

One number worth holding beside council’s framing of a facility for a growing community: council’s own commissioned population forecast has the Kincumber district essentially flat, projected to end 2046 with four fewer residents than 2021, while the region grows by 64,000. So the case for this project is not new rooftops; it is an established suburb renewing an ageing facility that draws riders from beyond its own postcode, which is what the workshop turnout suggests. The growth-driven money is going north, where the rooftops are.