£4.5m stadium plan revealed

Russell Steele • Published 13 Aug 2010 14:00

COUNCIL bosses have unveiled the first images of what the new £4.5 million community stadium at Parklea could look like.

The Tele reported earlier this week how a formal application for the facility - the centrepiece of a major £6m investment at the Port Glasgow pitches - has now been lodged with planners.

The artist’s impressions show a swish pavilion that would be built to run down one side of the park, which will eventually house Port Glasgow Juniors after more than a decade of playing home matches in Greenock.

The building would incorporate new changing rooms, and these artist’s impressions show covered terracing areas for 200 spectators.

If the go-ahead is given, work is scheduled to start in April 2011.

The leader of Inverclyde Council, Councillor Stephen McCabe, said: “I am delighted to see council officers have submitted a planning application for the proposed community stadium, which will incorporate spectator seating for 200, new changing accommodation and a second 3G pitch.”

A new ‘third generation’ fieldturf pitch with associated floodlighting has already been completed at Parklea.

Work on road widening and car park improvements, worth £350,000, has already started too.

Phases three and four of the project involve revamping the drainage system at the pitches, and that £520,000 upgrade will be fully complete by September next year.

Workers will begin carrying out hard and soft landscaping in January 2012, which will finish the job.

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This article appeared in Greenock Telegraph 13 Aug 10

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