Construction on the new Girard Sports Complex is moving on so well that Girard City Administrator Gary Emry said the facility could be ready for play by early January.
The project — bid to Crossland Construction for close to $380,000 — will renovate the basketball and tennis courts at the facility, while also locating a skate park on the premises.
“Things are moving ahead briskly,” Emry said. “I just came from there, and they are putting the sports surfacing down, and we should have color on the surface soon.
“So before long, we should be able to see the outline and coloration of the basketball courts, and the tennis courts could be done,” Emry said.
The surface would then take a few days to cure before workers could go back through and stripe the courts. Emry said the next step would be to place wind screening on the tennis court before adding the complex’s lighting.
“Around the first week of December, then, you’ll start to see the skate park take shape,” Emry said.
He said that phase would include adding the obstacles for skaters before finishing up with some sidewalks and landscaping.
“We should have pretty much put on the finishing touches before the end of December,” Emry said. “The only thing that won’t include are the restrooms, which we haven’t decided on yet.”
Emry said Girard City Council members would discuss the restrooms at Monday night’s council meeting.
He said the project had run smoothly, with the exception of some bad, wet weather. In order to lay the sports surfacing, Emry said workers needed to have at least 50 degree weather for a few days. The smoothness of the project means that the courts should be ready for use, on a weather-permitting basis, in about six weeks.
“It’s a community development component that adds to quality of life,” Emry said. “For people who want to live in a community, in some degrees, recreational and entertainment components are nearly as important as schools.
“That’s why we’re addressing both the sports complex and the golf course,” Emry said. “It ties into that whole quality of life standard that we are working to create.”
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Construction on the new Girard Sports Complex is moving on so well that Girard City Administrator Gary Emry said the facility could be ready for play by early January.
The project — bid to Crossland Construction for close to $380,000 — will renovate the basketball and tennis courts at the facility, while also locating a skate park on the premises.
“Things are moving ahead briskly,” Emry said. “I just came from there, and they are putting the sports surfacing down, and we should have color on the surface soon.
“So before long, we should be able to see the outline and coloration of the basketball courts, and the tennis courts could be done,” Emry said.
The surface would then take a few days to cure before workers could go back through and stripe the courts. Emry said the next step would be to place wind screening on the tennis court before adding the complex’s lighting.
“Around the first week of December, then, you’ll start to see the skate park take shape,” Emry said.
He said that phase would include adding the obstacles for skaters before finishing up with some sidewalks and landscaping.
“We should have pretty much put on the finishing touches before the end of December,” Emry said. “The only thing that won’t include are the restrooms, which we haven’t decided on yet.”
Emry said Girard City Council members would discuss the restrooms at Monday night’s council meeting.
He said the project had run smoothly, with the exception of some bad, wet weather. In order to lay the sports surfacing, Emry said workers needed to have at least 50 degree weather for a few days. The smoothness of the project means that the courts should be ready for use, on a weather-permitting basis, in about six weeks.
“It’s a community development component that adds to quality of life,” Emry said. “For people who want to live in a community, in some degrees, recreational and entertainment components are nearly as important as schools.
“That’s why we’re addressing both the sports complex and the golf course,” Emry said. “It ties into that whole quality of life standard that we are working to create.”
