Fully activating our community's open space - innovative lighting project

This exciting project is stage 2 of a 3 stage redevelopment of the Alexandra Recreation Reserve. Stage 1 (2 netball courts, lighting and female change rooms/ toilets) has been completed. Installation of new 3 phase underground power will not only enable the 6 new light towers around the oval to be installed/utilised, it will also provide the infrastructure required to begin stage 3 of the re-development. Stage 3 - a new multi-purpose "whole of community" facility - will round out the transformation of this much loved community asset. The reserve master plan, guiding the re-development, will then be complete.

The Alexandra Recreation Reserve is home to over 500 members/players of football, netball and cricket from across the district. It is also be well-utilised by the Alexandra Show Society (P & A), Alexandra Poultry Club and many casual recreation users. As an emergency response staging ground it has been used on a number of occasions including hosting over 600 fire fighters and emergency personnel during the 2009 bushfire emergency. The current power supply and lighting at the reserve is out-dated, inadequate and a hindrance to safety and full utilisation of the space for sport, recreation and emergency response purposes.