The Ocean Grove Sporting Infrastructure Plan includes Drysdale

On Tuesday, 8 June, the Geelong Council will consider the Ocean Grove Sporting Infrastructure Plan. A report is being tabled seeking Council endorsement.

The part's of the report mentioning Drysdale and Clifton Springs are reproduced below, (extracts taken from the City of Greater Geelong Agenda for 8 June 2010)

Ocean Grove Sporting Infrastructure Plan: Shell Road Reserve Transition Plan, Final Report, May 2010 - Section 7.4 Drysdale/Clifton Springs Sub Regional Community Hub

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The proposed Sports Precinct within the Drysdale/Clifton Springs Sub Regional Community Hub should be developed as an overflow sports venue with the capacity to accommodate excess demand from individual townships on the Bellarine Peninsula, including from Ocean Grove. The site should also accommodate specialised facilities that service a sub-regional catchment, including the possible provision of synthetic surfaces ( eg., soccer). Possible sports uses could include cricket, football, soccer, junior athletics and hockey. (p.7 of the report)

The Drysdale/Clifton Springs Sub Regional Community Hub will be required to cater for future soccer field demand which cannot be provided within Ocean Grove (eg., potentially access to an additional 4 turf pitches or a synthetic surface which can accommodate higher levels of use).

An appropriate range of support facilities and amenities will need to be provided at the Drysdale/Clifton Springs Sub Regional Community Hub in order to facilitate maximum use of any future playing fields.

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Separate to this exercise, the City of Greater Geelong (CoGG) is also in the process of planning for the possible development of a Sports Precinct within the Drysdale Clifton Springs Regional and Cultural Hub (ie Grubb Road adjacent to the Bellarine Secondary College, Potato Shed and education precinct), as well as the acquisition of a substantial portion of open space for future active recreation within the Ocean Grove North-East Growth Corridor (ie. east of the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve).

The recommendation is that Council endorses the Ocean Grove Sporting Infrastructure Plan.

More information is available from the Geelong Council Agenda for 8 May 2010 - in pdf format. (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader).