The Dunedin City Council last year started implementing its Play Spaces plan, in which millions will be spent rejuvenating the city’s parks over the next few years.
The plan follows a 2019 assessment on the condition of Dunedin’s 123 play spaces.
Many improvements have been made already, such as a new pump track at Marlow Park and half-sized basketball courts at local parks.
A council spokesman said all of the new courts were proving to be "extremely popular".
Five had been installed so far, the most recent being a court which was part of the Te Rauone Reserve upgrade on Otago Peninsula.
The council planned to install more courts at other locations in 2023-24 as it continued to implement the Play Space plan, including at sites in Mornington, Waldronville, Corstorphine and Brockville.
There were plans for more in 2024-25 as well, the spokesman said.
The council would continue to identify existing locations that needed to be upgraded, as well as new locations.
The Play Spaces plan outline document said the council would invest $1.9 million from 2021-22, $2.1 million in 2022-23 and a further $2.5 million in 2023-24.
Of the $1.9 million spent in the 2021-22 year, $1.3 million would go towards renewing and replacing play equipment and $600,000 on new play equipment, the outline said.
