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Cairns Regional Council is propsing the establishment of a sport and recreation precinct in the city’s south, with plans likely to include a $3 million upgrade for the Sugarworld waterpark in Edmonton.

Cairns Councillor John Schilling revealed the ambitious plans at this week’s Parks and Leisure Australia 2015 National Conference.

Plans for the sport and recreation precinct in Walker Road in Cairns’ south, to be developed in six stages at a cost of $15.8 million, include:

• Five diamond fields to service baseball and softball 
• Four oval fields (two senior, two junior) to accommodate vigoro, cricket, AFL and hockey
• Two rectangular fields to service football, touch and oztag 
• Two multi-purpose amenities hubs (possible future shared clubhouse) + small toilet/ storage hub
• Outdoor multi-purpose courts
• Recreational elements - exercise & play, picnic &seating, pedestrian & cycling infrastructure, and arts & cultural installations
• Parking, traffic and landscaping.

The site is home to the new Edmonton Leisure Centre and when developed will be a regional hub for field sports. 

Plans for Sugarworld include the addition of a 25 metre long pool and at least two new water slides, estimated to costing the council up to $3 million.

Commenting on the plans, Councillor Schilling explained that plans for sport and recreation precinct had been developed following extensive community engagement and other research activities.

In respect of Sugarworld, he told The Cairns Post “at the moment, the planning for this would be for the pool (and) the year after, we’ve budgeted to put money aside to actually build the pool.

“A lot of the infrastructure is already there – the pumps and everything, are big enough to power what we want to do.”

Councillor Schilling also said there were plans to add up to four new slides to the theme park.

More than 400 delegates are attending the three-day conference, hosted at the Cairns Convention Centre.

Being held at the Cairns Convention Centre from Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th August, the PLA National Conference is being attended by in excess of 300 predominantly local government representatives from across Australia and New Zealand. 

For more information on the PLA National Conference contact 08 8332 0130, E: admin@parksleisure.com.au, www.parksleisure.com.au

Click here to visit the Sugarworld website.

Click here to visit the Cairns Regional Council Planning and Projects website.

21st December 2011 - CAIRNS’ SUGARWORLD REOPENS

28th October 2011 - SUGARWORLD WATERPARK SET FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY REOPENING

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