CORNWALL – Three months after the federal government announced a $5 million infrastructure project for Cornwall and the Civic Centre, work preparing the area for building has begun.
In addition to the football and soccer fields next to Eliot River Elementary School, Cornwall will receive a baseball and softball field, two tennis courts, a beach volleyball court, a club house and for the winter, a toboggan hill.
“There will be walking trails built to tie all of these together,” says Kevin McCarville, Cornwall’s chief administrative officer.
Phase one of this project was completed in September of 2006 with more than $1.7 million in investments from the federal, provincial and municipal governments.
Phase two is expected to cost an estimated $3 million.
McCarville said the new additions will create a better recreational base to the town.
“It also makes the town a more attractive place to live.”
The new additions will be open to all who wish to book a time.
Among the list of users is the Eastern School District.
Sandy MacDonald, superintendent of the Eastern School District, said he wished every school had the same kind of access.
“We are extremely pleased the facilities are going next to Eliot River. All our students will benefit.”
The project is to be finished in June 2010.
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