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Nearly $3 million worth of work at the Warkworth Showgrounds is expected to finish next month.
Work on a 1.2 kilometre track around the Showgrounds perimeter has started and is expected to open by the end of the month. The two-metre wide metal track will cost $440,000 and includes sections of boardwalks through wetlands in the northern corner of the park. Wharehine has the contract for the work.
Wharehine is also completing a $1.82 million upgrade to the carpark at the Showgrounds. The work will see the carpark sealed and drainage installed and LED lighting for the carpark and access roads. The work is expected to be completed by the end of May, or early June.
LED lighting will also be installed at the sportsfields and netball courts and are expected to be operating by early June. Temporary lights are in place for the netball courts to use for evening training. The project is expected to cost $585,000.
A new wastewater system will also be completed by the end of June and is expected to cost $118,000.
Mahurangi Sport and Recreation Collective chair Mark Illingworth says plans for a new multisport complex at the Showgrounds will be released next month when the collective releases its long term plan for the site.
The Rodney Local Board allocated $60,000 towards designs for the sports complex
Mr Illingworth says the sports collective has made a lot of progress in getting the different sports codes at the Showgrounds to work together. It now represents netball, hockey, gymnastics, soccer, rugby, and the Warkworth A&P Show Society and discussions are underway with the Warkworth Pony Club.
“It’s fantastic to have everyone sitting on the same board and working together,” Mr Illingworth says. “Council staff have also done a fantastic job keeping this project moving.”
He says the new LED lights on the sportsfields will be ground-breaking.
“People are ringing me up from as far afield as Invercargill wanting to come and see the lights once they are installed.”
Meanwhile, the Mahurangi Rugby Club clubrooms are being upgraded after a $90,000 grant from the Local Board to upgrade the changing rooms and toilets, which will be open to the public.
