Published on 27 October 2023

Have your say on the Outdoor Sports Courts Strategy and Sports Lighting Plan that define the longer term route of out of doors sports activities courts and sports activities lighting within the MidCoast for the following 12 years.

MidCoast Council’s Draft Outdoor Sports Court Strategy and Draft Sports Lighting Plan are on public exhibition from Friday 27 October till Friday 1 December.

The Outdoor Sports Court Strategy highlights that sports activities courts are offered for a number of completely different sports activities, together with tennis, croquet, netball, basketball and pickleball.

“This strategy makes recommendations on future outdoor court provision and upgrades”, mentioned MidCoast Council’s Manager of Strategy and Projects, Amanda Hatton.

An audit investigated the 143 MidCoast out of doors courts for his or her situation, location, and use.

An motion plan recommends the development or conversion of 21 multi-purpose courts. The motion plan additionally highlights the necessity to take away 4 previous tennis courts and recommends extra courts be added in close by cities. 

The tasks within the technique can be largely funded by future grants.

MidCoast Council’s Draft Sports Lighting Plan identifies all current sports activities lighting infrastructure and new sports activities lighting that may be wanted sooner or later. The Plan offers with sports activities amenities solely and doesn’t element lighting offered in passive public open house.

“This will guide us to plan and improve infrastructure that meets the community’s needs for night-time sports”, mentioned Amanda.

The plan accommodates the present asset listing in addition to a future works schedule for our sports activities lighting infrastructure for 45 sports activities grounds in addition to multi-purpose courts, tennis courts and netball courts.

Projects within the plans can be funded by future grants which could be utilized for each Council and group teams.

The technique and plan have been developed as a advice from the MidCoast Open Space and Recreation Strategy 2023 – 2035 and regarded suggestions from the group that was offered throughout this session.

Have your say at https://haveyoursay.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/projects earlier than Friday 1 December.