LOGAN Mayor Cr Darren Power practices at the drive through pick-up window of the Logan Hyperdome Library with library staff member Leo Clayton
THE first signs of post-pandemic normality will arrive in Logan City this weekend, as Logan City Council reopens a number of services after months of shutdown.
Darren Power, Logan City Mayor, took a practice run at the revitalised library drive through drop-off on Thursday, a reprise of his efforts when the drive through at the Logan Hyperdome Library first opened in 1998.
All nine council-operated libraries will open from 9am on Saturday May 16, however a maximum of 10 patrons at any one time will be monitored by staff to ensure social distancing guidelines are obeyed, with a request to limit visits to just 20 minutes or less.
“It has been nearly seven weeks since Council closed many of our facilities and services to protect the health of our residents and staff and help stop the spread of the coronavirus,” Cr Power said.
“Our community has done exceptionally well in following all the health guidelines to put us in a position of being able to re-open some of our facilities.
“I know many in our community have been really missing a visit to their local library and our staff have also missed the regular interaction with the community.”
As well as vital library services, May 16 will also see council-operated barbecues return to service, along with playgrounds, outdoor exercise equipment, toilet amenities, skate bowls, pump tracks and basketball courts.
The availability of additional equipment is expected to see park visitor numbers swell, on top of those residents currently using walking paths and trails.
While the temperatures may be cooling as winter approaches, Saturday’s switching on of council water parks could see plenty of young, and not so young, park visitors enjoying some splashing water play in both Logan Gardens in Logan Central, as well as Flagstone.
Also operating as normal are the waste transfer stations at Carbrook, Greenbank, Logan Village and Beenleigh, although contactless payment via card will remain, with no cash transactions being carried out, while Browns Plains’ The Recycling Market will also remain closed.
Council-run or leased swimming pools in the City of Logan will remain closed subject to further negotiations with the State Government on the number of people who can access the facilities.
A 10 person limit, under Stage One rules, does not make it commercially viable to open a public pool.
Previously, three of Council’s six aquatic centres were already closed for winter and two pools within these facilities are closed for maintenance purposes.
To ensure social distancing, Logan’s overnight-stay parks, Hugh Muntz Park at Beenleigh and Tully Memorial Park at Jimboomba, also remain closed.
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