The City of Onkaparinga is consulting the community about the western section of Button Road at the Aldinga Washpool Lagoon.

Button road provides access to the Washpool and to the beach; it includes a car park and a ramp at the western end.

The council wants to get a clear picture on the issues important to the community and what it values about this section of Button road.

Much of the Washpool is part of the Aldinga Conservation Park, which is cared for by the Department of Environment and Water’s (DEW) parks department.

DEW is developing an Aldinga Conservation Park Management Plan, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

The 340-hectare park was pro­claimed in Jan­u­ary 2022, consolidating sev­er­al culturally and environmentally sig­nif­i­cant parcels of con­ser­va­tion land.

It com­prises the eco­log­i­cal­ly valu­able Aldin­ga Wash­pool site, a rare ephemer­al fresh­wa­ter wet­land, and the for­mer Aldin­ga Scrub Con­ser­va­tion Park land.

The area includes 67 hectares of high bio­di­ver­si­ty land, which pro­vides valu­able habi­tat for at least 79 native species. Details can be viewed on the DEW website.

The community can provide feedback via the council’s Your Say page until Sunday 3 December.