THE state opposition will spend $2 million on improvements at Le Page Park if it wins next month’s election.
A new pavilion at the Cheltenham sports ground opened this year. The facility, for the Cheltenham Panthers Junior Football Club and Le Page Park Panthers Cricket Club, cost the state government $125,000 and Kingston Council $500,000.
The state opposition says it will spend the money on another new pavilion for Le Page Tennis Club and other community groups. Future redevelopment of the site would include the reconstruction of six tennis courts, a floodlit multi-sport hardcourt area for netball, tennis, basketball, and futsal, and an “active recreation” zone for biking, fitness, and climbing.
The Liberals’ Bentleigh candidate Debbie Taylor-Haynes said “there is a distinct lack of sporting facilities in Cheltenham, and the current facilities at Le Page Park are ageing and quickly being considered sub-standard compared to other precincts in neighbouring suburbs.”
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 5 October 2022