The Campbelltown Athletics Centre will be temporarily closed over the summer months for significant upgrades to be undertaken on the facility’s track.
The venue will be closed from Monday, December 9, and works are expected to be completed by early March next year.
The works, which will be undertaken by Polytan Australia, will see the Campbelltown venue be re-certified as a world athletics class 2 track.
The track will include a high performance surface being installed to allow the venue to host state and national level events.
This year will mark the first time that resurfacing works have been undertaken at the track since 2010.
“Campbelltown is already home to a first class athletics facility, but these significant track upgrades will further cement our city as a leading place for sport,” says Mayor of Campbelltown Darcy Lound.
“I look forward to seeing our current and future stars making full use of the upgraded track,” Cr Lound said.
The Campbelltown Athletics Centre was officially opened in June 1999 by then Mayor of Campbelltown Paul Sinclair as a training track for international teams ahead of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
The facility has become one of Sydney’s premier athletics tracks, with the venue hosting around 150 school carnivals each year.
Campbelltown Athletics Centre, which is located adjacent to Campbelltown Sports Stadium, is also utilised for numerous annual community events including the Sunset Sounds music festival during Festival of Fisher’s Ghost, Campbelltown Christmas Carols and the 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer Macarthur each October.
