Upgrades to Artie Smith Oval Works Commence
The redevelopment of Artie Smith Oval Bomaderry Project is underway.
This next stage of the Shoalhaven Community and Recreation Precinct brings the facility one step closer to becoming a state level sporting precinct for the whole of the Shoalhaven.
Council will be working with the community to deliver the community facility for the new Artie Smith Oval, including:
- new AFL/cricket with 5 turf wickets, floodlighting, irrigation drainage, picket fencing, electronic scoreboard, sight screens, and spectator seating/mounding
- AFL/cricket pavilion clubhouse and amenities
- cricket practice facility (4 X Synthetic pitches, 4 X turf pitches, storage shed)
- four croquet courts
- croquet clubhouse and amenities
- onsite car parking
- open space embellishments (pathways, playgrounds, exercise equipment, landscaping, furniture, etc.)
- perimeter security fencing.
The redevelopment design will retain most of the native trees and an additional 77 trees are being planted. Forty-five will be the same species as the existing trees (Scribbly Gum and Red Bloodwood) and a total of 30,465 plantings (from trees to grasses) will be established on the site. Maintaining the semi-bushland setting has been integral to the design considerations with a sympathetic tapering Pavilion Clubhouse building form to allow the line of eucalypts behind to remain significant in the sense of enclosure to the field and as an amenity to the overall streetscape.
The construction will use low maintenance, durable and robust materials such as brick, steel, concrete and some hardwood. The completed project will provide accessible open space and sporting facilities for all ages and abilities, designed for the comfort of users and spectators.
