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This article was published on Thursday, 18 August, 2016. The information contained within may be out of date or inaccurate. News articles and media releases older than 60 days are archived for future reference.
Posted on Thursday 18th of August, 2016,
At Tuesday night’s Council meeting Greater Shepparton City Council approved the tender submitted by Crow Construction Pty Ltd for the construction of the recreational facility at the Greater Shepparton Regional Sports Precinct.
The Sport Precinct Upgrade project is a $21m redevelopment of Council’s premier sporting location. The next phase of construction in this project is the recreational facility located on the west side of the main soccer field at the sports precinct. This pavilion is a multi-use building that will service the needs of the soccer community but will also be used by other sports and for major events.
Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor Cr Dinny Adem said “I’m excited that this important milestone in the project is now underway and I look forward to seeing the many benefits it will bring to the overall precinct.”
The space will include two large change rooms, two smaller change rooms, an open space community multipurpose area, an office/meeting room, officials/umpire change facility, first aid room, storage space, commercial kitchen and bar area, public toilets, covered players race, undercover seating at front of building for 500, outside undercover viewing deck area, venue car parking, accessible parking and access pathways.
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