Football Tasmania has welcomed Sue Hickey’s commitment to working with council officers on delivering football infrastructure upgrades at North Chigwell and KGV if she is successful in the Glenorchy City Council election.
“Both the KGV and North Chigwell projects promise to be real game changers for the community and it’s vital their benefits are realised without any further delay,” Ms Hickey said.
“Andrew Wilkie provided a great service to the community by securing the funding for the upgrades and it’s important we do his hard work justice, as well as the work of Football Tasmania, by bringing these projects to life as soon as possible.”
Football Tasmania CEO Matt Bulkeley said the football community couldn’t wait for the projects to get off the ground.
“Football participation in Tasmania is bursting at the seams, however facilities for the World Game haven’t kept up with growth in demand,” Mr Bulkeley said.
“Finding enough playing and training space for our growing number of players is one of our biggest challenges and the projects at North Chigwell and KGV will greatly help us to address this issue.
“We’ve been very grateful for the support provided by Andrew Wilkie and we welcome Ms Hickey’s commitment towards delivering the projects so the community can begin reaping the benefits on offer.
“Football Tasmania has written to all of the Glenorchy mayoral candidates seeking their support for these vital projects and we welcome their feedback to date. Regardless of the outcome of the bi-election we will work with the Glenorchy Council to see this project commence as soon as possible.”