Local firms to build new facility at Hay Park

Bunbury City Council has awarded the construction contract for the Hay Park North Sporting Precinct to Bunbury company Smith Constructions. The decision was made at last Tuesday’s council meeting and continues a string of contracts awarded to local businesses, including the tender for the precinct’s car park, which went to J.A.K Civil. Four changerooms, kitchen facilities, public toilets and a multi-purpose function space are set to be included in the project with new footpaths, car parking and landscape work also to be completed. The council intends for the pavilion to service a number of sporting and community organisations which use the surrounding fields including junior football and junior and senior cricket, as well as rugby union club the Bunbury City Bulls and Bunbury Dog Club which both use the adjacent rectangular field. The budget for the project is $3,903,196, with $2,450,000 allocated to the construction itself. Bunbury Mayor Gary Brennan said he was pleased the council was able to support local businesses by awarding this contract to a Bunbury company. “Everyone is experiencing significant challenges at the moment and it is important the city does its part to support local businesses during this time,” he said. “The city prioritises supporting local where it can, and I’m pleased we have been able to do this with our most recent projects. “It is great the city can support businesses based here through projects that are essential and already had the money allocated prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.” The facility was first outlined in the city’s Hay Park Master Plan, completed in 2015, which listed the construction of a number of multi-sport pavilions, including Hay Park North as a long-term recommendation.