Work is progressing on the new track at the DRCSS that is being constructed for the 2024 Manitoba Summer Games.
Games co-chair Clayton Swanton says Maple Leaf Construction has pretty much wrapped up their work on the base of the new track.
"The paving crew showed up on Monday, and after a slight rain delay, they are set to finish paving, which is really exciting. And then the track is going to sit and cure for a couple of weeks. And then starting in early July, we will switch over to the rubberizing crew and they will come in and put a beautiful red rubber surface on there with the nice white lines that you are used to seeing on a track."
A new outdoor basketball court is also being built on the site, which will be used for the high jump portion of the competition.
"We only needed a pad big enough to do high jump for Athletics in order to host the games. But we thought that did not make a lot of sense to leave just a small pad there that will only be used a few times a year. So thanks to the help of all of our sponsors and the province and everybody else, we have been able to secure enough funding to do an outdoor basketball court-sized pad."
The court can also be used for pickleball.
Swanton also announced a further 50-thousand dollar contribution to the games by the Dauphin Rotary Club, which is being used towards this project,
Swanton adds they are also working with a group called Buckets and Borders, who will be leaving a mural project on the basketball court as an art, culture, and heritage legacy piece from the games.
