The project successfully realised the vision of the Gawler Central Urban Precinct by providing a unique public realm for visitors and the community, connecting the mainstreet, shopping areas and open spaces with the potential to become the heart of the town, not simply a retail strip, but a centre point for placemaking and community activities.

Broadly, the scope of the work within Walker Place included:

• Creating a paved shared use space with a focus on pedestrian access;
• Modifying vehicle movements to reduce speed and guide drivers;
• Improving the parking layout (maintaining provisions for two disability parking bays);
• Increasing capacity and amenity (seating, shade, play, landscape, treatments);
• Improving footpaths and cycle links to the river corridor ;
• Introducing catenary (feature) lighting arrangement to define the pop-up event space;
• Incorporating Smart Cities initiatives to compliment event functionality; and
• Improving the local stormwater network

The project was submitted to the IPWEA SA Excellence Awards by Town of Gawler and was awarded Best Public Works Project under $2.0M.