In its latest effort, the community has built a new cycle track at the park, but the volunteer effort required to put the track in built the community, Milton Area Promotions member and Clutha District councillor Gaynor Finch said.
For 16 consecutive Saturdays, the 10-year-old promotions group provided food and refreshments for about 20 volunteers as the park on the corner of Abercrombie and Spenser Sts was fitted with concrete tracks for children to cycle and scooter around on.
The new track for children ''of all ages'' just needs a bit of dry weather before it can be decked out with road signs, street signs and dotted lines to separate two lanes for traffic.
Milton Area Promotions' Kay Partridge said there were five early childhood organisations in Milton and lots of children who would benefit from the early introduction to road safety.
''We've got plenty of early childhood centres here and they were really pleased,'' she said.
''We have great community support for this project, it has been really, really, amazing.''
The promotions group chairman, and Clutha district councillor, Selwyn Wilkinson started the park's rejuvenation at home in his garage in 2011 when he built a bridge so the park could be accessed over the ditch on the western side.
He then drafted the plans for the cycle tracks, including a big loop around the 1.6ha park and a series of criss-cross cycleways for pre-schoolers to serve as an introduction to road safety.
The group was lent equipment by local businesses and spent $41,000, raised through personal donations and grants.
An off-leash dog park in the northern corner of the park was also planned for the summer official opening of the cycle tracks.
