what a waste of funds

The signboard say the land belongs to the government, but before the land was acquired by the government, who did the land belonged to and who gave the approval to transfer the land to the federal government. Wasn't the open space part of the residential area and to be maintained by the local council. In fact, MPS had done quite a good job throughout the years maintaining the place, and a few years back they added new playground equipment, a walking path, etc. which will all be removed once construction work for the proposed complex start. What a waste of taxpayers' money. If the land was already acquired by the federal govt. i wonder why did they waste ratepayers' money putting up these facilities?