In­fra­struc­tur­al work will be­gin soon on a num­ber of venues across To­ba­go in­clud­ing Shaw Park Recre­ation Ground, which is set for a ma­jor over­haul, with the de­mo­li­tion and re­con­struc­tion of the Di­vi­sion’s Sport Ad­min­is­tra­tion of­fices.

This was an­nounced in a re­lease by the Di­vi­sion of Sport and Youth Af­fairs last Fri­day. The re­lease stat­ed that it recog­nis­es the im­por­tance of sports in­fra­struc­ture across the is­land and to en­sure that ath­letes and sport­ing bod­ies have ac­cess to qual­i­ty sport­ing fa­cil­i­ties, it has im­ple­ment­ed a fa­cil­i­ties man­age­ment pro­gramme.

The up­grade project of the Shaw Park fa­cil­i­ty, which has a four-month time­line, will in­clude works on the of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Sport, a con­fer­ence and meet­ing room and a VIP view­ing area. The roof of the Shaw Park Bas­ket­ball Court pavil­ion will al­so be up­grad­ed with work on the roof ex­pect­ed to be com­plet­ed in two weeks. The works were ex­pect­ed to com­mence yes­ter­day.

The Rox­bor­ough Recre­ation­al Com­plex is al­so sched­uled for sig­nif­i­cant up­grade. Phase One restora­tion works were card­ed to start yes­ter­day and will be com­plet­ed with­in three months. Phase One in­cludes the re­moval of sheet­ing and re­pair to the rail­ings and steel frames at the pavil­ion. Dur­ing this pe­ri­od, the use of the venue will be lim­it­ed. To book the venue, the pub­lic can con­tact the De­part­ment of Sport at 612-3792 ext. 1006.

Res­i­dents of Pa­tience Hill will al­so en­joy a safer sport­ing ex­pe­ri­ence, with a new perime­ter fence at the play­ing field.

The re­lease said: "The Di­vi­sion of Sport and Youth Af­fairs re­mains com­mit­ted to de­vel­op­ing in­fra­struc­ture that will re­dound to the ben­e­fit of sport on the is­land, and by ex­ten­sion, the peo­ple of To­ba­go."