Regional Sports Park
The Regional Sports Park at Percival Road is a significant project for the future of sport, recreation and leisure in the Hastings District and in the Hawke's Bay region as a whole.
Bookings
Bookings for the athletics track can be made through Hastings District Council's Bookings Officer, Donna Godfrey, on 06 871 5000.
Public meetings
Members of the public are invited to attend the next quarterly meeting on the Regional Sports Park on Tuesday 16th March at 5.30pm in the Council Chamber at 207 Lyndon Road East, Hastings.
Interested parties may submit questions to be discussed at the meeting. Written questions must be received by close of business on Tuesday 9th March and should be sent to:
Christine Ennis,
Hastings District Council,
Private Bag 9002,
Hastings 4156
or
christinee@hdc.govt.nz
Questions will also be taken from the floor at the meeting. A summary of the discussion will be made available as soon as possible after the meeting.
View minutes and questions from past meeting agendas.
Read the proposal
You can download the full proposal or a summary in PDF format below.
- Summary proposal (PDF 492kB)
- Full proposal (PDF 1.4MB)
You may wish to right-click and 'Save Target As' to save a copy of the document - Audit NZ report on full proposal document (PDF 73kB)
Stage 1
This stage is already under way with the building of a new all-weather athletics track and grandstand at Percival Road, to replace the old ones at Nelson Park. The public approved this through the Nelson Park referendum held in September 2006.
Cost - $16.68m
Council funding - $11.35m
Stage 2
This stage incorporates soccer fields, artificial pitch, sand pitch, soccer amenities building, tennis courts, landscaping, netball courts, internal roading and parking. This will only go ahead if the Council is satisfied it has the right mix and funding structure, which it will decide after hearing public submissions. All fundraising would be secured before the Council committed.
Cost - $8.08m
Council funding - $3m
Stage 3
This stage incorporates mini putt/children's playground, a velodrome, central building, confidence course, roading, parking and landscaping. As with Stage 2, this will only go ahead if the Council is satisfied it has the right mix and funding structure, which it will decide after hearing public submissions. All fundraising would be secured before the Council committed.
Cost - $30.90m
Council funding - $5.25m (including asset sales)
