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Mountain Scene
By TRACEY ROXBURGH
Queenstown’s sport and rec boss hopes a survey of the Rec Ground will happen in the next couple of weeks to determine if the ground level at the western end’s been altered by a
capital works project.
Last week
Mountain Scene reported part of the CBD sportsfield, and home to the Wakatipu Rugby Club, resembled a paddling pool after a couple of days of heavy rain caused surface
flooding in the southwestern corner of the paddock.
That area abuts the work site for the council’s new wastewater pumping system.
Club stalwart Damien O’Connell told
Mountain Scene
By TRACEY ROXBURGH
Users of the Queenstown Rec Ground are fuming after construction of a wastewater pumping station’s altered the ground level, turning the western end of the pitch into a paddling pool this week.
That end of the field’s been tied up by a lengthy capital works project HEB Construction
started work on the new wastewater pumping station last March; by December it was expected to be up to $2.5 million over budget.
Part of the field was out of action all last season and as soon as it was returned to the Wakatipu Rugby Club at the beginning of this year, club stalwart Damien O’Connell says he knew the paddock ‘‘wasn’t up to it’’.
Swim togs and goggles will soon be swapped for gumboots and overalls at Wānaka Recreation Centre (WRC) when its aquatic facilities undergo a deep clean and preventative maintenance. All three pools will close temporarily from Saturday 24 July to Sunday .