Anyone taking their kids to netball at Narellan Sports Hub last Saturday would have been impressed by the scale of the venue, but not so much the insufficient parking and traffic queues.
But as they say, you ain’t seen nothing yet, baby.
By the time it is complete, this massive sports facility will be absolutely huge.
The completion of the $17.6 million stage two work will see even more netball courts, a synthetic athletics track, a full-size rugby league field, a criterium cycling track and a pedestrian and cycle path network.
But for all those parents struggling to find a parking sport last Saturday, there’s some good news: an additional 1,150 car parking spaces in four new areas will be delivered by the end of 2021.
Plans include a road and pedestrian bridge over the existing drainage corridor and a major upgrade of the Porrende Street roundabout – which may also help ease the traffic congestion, especially when leaving the venue.
“Once complete, Narellan Sports Hub will be the sporting mecca of South Western Sydney and able to host a number of state competitions across many sports, including netball, athletics, hockey and rugby league,’’ says the mayor of Camden, Theresa Fedeli.
Cr Fedeli said it was “fantastic’’ to see the second stage of the Narellan Sports Hub coming to fruition.
“By the end of May, the Porrende Street roundabout upgrade and full-size rugby league field is set to be completed,’’ she said.
“This follows the completion of the pedestrian bridge and two kilometres of shared path.
“New carparking for both the rugby league and hockey fields are also complete and I look forward to seeing the rest of the project come to life in the coming months.’’
Stage two works is funded through a $5 million grant from the Greater Sydney Sports Facility Fund, $11.3 million under the Western Parkland City Liveability Program with the Australian and NSW governments jointly contributing and Council $1.3 million.
Facilities to be completed as part of stage two by December 2021 include an additional 14 netball courts with floodlighting, synthetic athletics track and criterium cycling track.
