The City applied last August to the Department of Sport and Recreation’s Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund for $173,104 to help fund the $519,313 project.
The City was told in March it would receive $136,000. Councillors at last Tuesday’s meeting agreed to continue with the project and proceed to tender, with the City to fund the $37,104 shortfall.
The City has $600,000 listed for the project in the five-year capital works program for 2016-17.
Cr Philippa Taylor said this was still in the City’s budget and the “electrics at the site have already been modified when we made the recent improvements to the clubrooms”.
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READ NOWThe project will ensure the playing field at Admiral Park will be floodlit to Australian standards for amateur-level training and club competitions of all football codes.
The City completed an $842,000 refurbishment of the Admiral Park Community Sporting Facility in 2014, providing a new home for the Joondalup Giants Rugby League Club, Ocean Ridge Junior Cricket Club and Whitford and Districts Senior Cricket Club.
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