Soccer centre rolls on

Score! Good news on the progress of the Monbulk Soccer Centre—the project has reached the detailed design stage.
A Council team is consulting with the club about the details of the new centre to make sure all bases are covered.
Tenders for the project will go out later this year and it’s expected work will begin in 2015.
Combined funding of $7.15m from Council, $2m from the federal government and $650,000 from state government, will allow the centre to be built to cater for a wide range of ages, levels and even regional events.
Planning for the centre started in 2007 as part of Council’s Regional Soccer Strategy. The Planning Minister recently approved a planning scheme amendment for the site, the final step in the process.
The centre will be a major hub for soccer in the local and wider area. The Monbulk Rangers Soccer club is associated with over 650 players and 45 teams, so the new centre has a large group of enthusiastic supporters eager for the first kick off.