Edward River Council awards contracts for skate park construction and management of Deniliquin Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre

Edward River Council has awarded contracts for the construction of its planned skate park and the operation of the Deniliquin Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre at its most recent Council meeting.

The Council’s Deniliquin Sports Park Incorporated was awarded Contract C2022/08 Operation and Management of the Deniliquin Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre for a three-year period ending 30th September 2026 for the tender price of $85,000 plus GST for the 2023/24 financial year.

Advising that these and other contracts represented a wide range of services provided by Council and showed the breadth of its current activities, Edward River Council Mayor, Peta Betts stated "I am thrilled that we have been able to award the contract for the operation of the sports stadium to the current management team.

“Council was pleased to see the group submit a thoroughly scoped, compliant and good quality tender.

“We are looking forward to an enhanced operation of the stadium, including running more programs from the facility."

The contract for the demolition and rebuild of the Deniliquin Skate Park opposite the Waring Gardens was awarded to Independent Concrete Construction.

Backed by $500,000 from the NSW Government's Places to Play Program to construct the new park, the much-anticipated project is slated to begin later this year that will provide an improved skate park experience.

Mayor Betts added "we are really looking forward to seeing the new skate park come to life. It was designed by a professional skate park designer who worked closely with Council, local community groups, Yarkuwa and school students throughout 2022. It is a project that has had great input from our young people and has been eagerly awaited, so we are keen to get it under way."

Edward River Council is located in the NSW Riverina region.

Images: Basketball (top) and netball (below) at the Deniliquin Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre. Credit: Edward River Council.