No construction in January at OKI Jubilee Stadium
31 January, 2008
An inspection of OKI Jubilee Stadium this evening has confirmed that no work has commenced on the Stage 3 upgrade of Kogarah.
In the December Red V magazine, St.George-Illawarra CEO Peter Doust stated that work would commence in January 2008.
“Work will start in January 2008 on OKI Jubilee Stadium regardless of whether any additional funding is approved,” Mr.Doust said.
Mr.Doust also provided Kogarah Council with the same information prior to the 12 November Council meeting.
“The information that I would like to present you involves a meeting that I did have with Peter Doust and two of our Council Directors,” Mayor Katris stated.
“Now the Club intends on beginning Stage 3 in January 2008….well that’s what we’ve been told that they will be starting work in January 2008.”
The additional delay in the upgrade of OKI Jubilee Stadium is consistent with how Stage 3 has been managed by St.George-Illawarra RLFC.
R2K previously highlighted that the upgrade could have been delayed to July 2008, so that the Kogarah matches could have been scheduled in a similar manner to 2007. This would have allowed the Dragons extra time to garner additional Governmental funding and ensured that the St.George District hosted elite rugby league matches in 2008.
However, with the Dragons committed to ANZ Stadium for 2008, it is disappointing that work hasn’t commenced on OKI Jubilee Stadium in January to ensure the upgrade is expedited.
Mr.Doust made an assurance that work would commence in January 2008 and Mayor Katris informed Kogarah ratepayers of this assurance.
Below: Photos from OKI Jubilee Stadium. 31/01/2008 at 7:30 pm
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