Lansdowne Park redevelopment on schedule, on budget

The Lansdowne Park redevelopment is progressing on schedule and on budget, says Marlborough Deputy Mayor Terry Sloan.

Mr Sloan says the base of the Blenheim sport park’s 15 new netball courts has now been established and the courts are expected to be completed in time for the new season.

The Marlborough District Council is building the new netball courts to replace the ageing courts at Horton Park as part of the wider redevelopment of Lansdowne Park.

“Progress at Lansdowne Park is moving along as planned and on budget,” Mr Sloan says.

“The crews which are working on this stage of the project - who are all from local Marlborough companies - are doing a fantastic job.”

Marlborough Netball Association Chairwoman Beth Tester said it was very exciting to be able to

see the new courts, which were “looking fantastic,” and visualise the final result.

“We’re anticipating that they’ll be ready and handed over to us in April, in time for the new season. Our staff have already relocated to Lansdowne Park and are seeing the daily progress.”

Mr Sloan said in other areas of the park currently under construction, electrical cables for the new lights were being laid, and new pipes had been placed for the upgraded stormwater system.

The new car parks were also being prepared for sealing in the coming weeks.

This stage of the project will cost $3.6M which includes $1.5M for the netball courts and $130,000 for the formation and sealing of new and existing car parks. The balance is for installing new lights and transformers, a new stormwater system and the demolition of the Jim Fraser Centre.

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