Page 2790 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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This is because the government value the contribution that sport makes to the social and economic life of the territory. It is why we will continue to promote active and healthy lifestyles and to encourage community participation in sporting activities. In this year’s budget a total of $4.2 million has been provided to continue the significant redevelopment of the Lyneham precinct, in accordance with the master plan for the area. This funding will go towards significant landscaping work, a children’s playground, an amenities kiosk, directional signage and establishing sealed car parking in the precinct.
The budget also includes a range of upgrades to Canberra stadium, Manuka oval and Narrabundah ball park. Just over $2.5 million has been allocated to replace the old video screen and scoreboard at Canberra stadium. It will also upgrade the stadium’s internal television distribution system to digital and undertake a range of other improvements.
Throughout the coming year, six sporting ovals, some new and some refurbished, will become open to the public. These new ovals will add to the more than 256 hectares of irrigated, fully maintained sportsgrounds that the territory government manages. The ovals to come online this year are the Harrison neighbourhood oval and the northern end of the Harrison district playing fields, Ngunnawal neighbourhood oval, the Nicholls synthetic oval, Phillip oval, including its new pavilion and, later, the southern end of the Harrison district playing fields, and the Bonner neighbourhood oval. This is a great outcome for community sport.
To address various safety and compliance issues, a range of works totalling $407,000 will be undertaken to the Hawke stand and the Menzies stand and to the scoreboard at Manuka oval. This includes repairing cracking in stairs, replacing stairs, adding extra rails and installing a fire sprinkler system in the scoreboard structure.
Following the very exciting announcement that a Canberra team will be entering into the new Australian Baseball League this year, the government has provided over $1 million to upgrade the Narrabundah ball park. This involves improving the playing surface, upgrading lighting towers, installing a new electric scoreboard and improving player amenities.
As informed members of the sporting and wider community know, the government have made massive investments in keeping sporting facilities online, even in the face of the ongoing drought. If there is one thing that we have learnt from the drought, it is that we need to invest and to innovate, to ensure Canberrans continue to have access to quality sporting facilities, and this year’s budget continues our investment in this area, with allocations to a range of sensible water saving projects.
These projects include $300,000 to help reduce reliance on our precious drinking water supply at the Murrumbidgee Country Club and Yowani Country Club. Funding will enable the Murrumbidgee Country Club to build a pipeline for the Murrumbidgee River and an associated pumping station. It will also allow Yowani to construct a pipe and dam to harvest stormwater from Sullivan’s Creek, to help water their golf course and bowling greens.
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