West Tamar Council has supported an intergenerational investment into Legana by endorsing the Legana Community Sports and Recreation Precinct Master Plan and the scoping of stage one works at its April ordinary Council meeting on Tuesday.
The business case for the master plan supports two linked decisions for the Legana Community, Sports and Recreation Precinct on Council land adjacent to the Legana Primary School.
The master plan includes an indoor multi-purpose facility, new clubrooms and function and hospitality spaces, change rooms, an outdoor central hub and market area, cricket training nets and staged parking.
As outlined in the business case, stage 1 would commence in the 2026/27 financial year as the first, fundable package – which would include the indoor multi-purpose courts and the cricket clubrooms and change rooms, which will address the region’s documented indoor court shortage.
Mayor Christina Holmdahl said the master plan will deliver many benefits for both the community and the regional economy.
“Legana is unquestionably the key growth area of the West Tamar municipality,” Mayor Holmdahl said.
“It’s important that Council takes a long-term view of providing facilities that keep step with the growth of Legana, while addressing a key shortage of this type of facility in the Northern region.”
Mayor Holmdahl said that if the overall project is brought to fruition, it is expected to be the single largest project the West Tamar Council has undertaken to date.
“These types of facilities are developed and built to serve the community for decades and a staged approach will allow Council to make a long-term investment that will provide improved access, participation and community connection,” Mayor Holmdahl said.
Modelling outlined in the business case states that total output impacts of the plan would be in the vicinity of $32 million for the Legana area, $33.8 million for the municipality and $41.6 million for the northern region, with up to 68 jobs created in the West Tamar alone.
The federal government has already committed $5 million towards the indoor multi-purpose facility, with Council to provide a further $5 million for the sports clubrooms, function centre and outdoor cricket nets.
Mayor Holmdahl called on the State Government to match the Federal Government commitment so that roll out of this important precinct can happen in a timely economically responsible way – which is the very least the fasted growing area in Northern Tasmania deserves.”