Delta council last week agreed to award a $1.34 million contract to build a new lawn bowling green at Winskill Park.
In 2020, council supported a project involving the relocation of the Tsawwassen Lawn Bowling Club’s facility to the east side of the park.
The project stems from a tri-party memorandum of understanding between the KinVillage Association, the Tsawwassen Lawn Bowling Club and the City of Delta.
The lawn bowling club’s clubhouse is located at the KinVillage complex but a major, multi-phase redevelopment for the complex is planned.
A report to council notes the overall project includes funding for a new fieldhouse, which incorporates the lawn bowling clubhouse and public washrooms, a 31-stall parking lot for park users and the synthetic turf lawn bowling green.
Costing $2.3 million, the fieldhouse and parking lot construction is on schedule for completion this summer. The new lawn bowling green will be located adjacent to the new fieldhouse.
Council two years ago approved the Winskill Park Master Plan, a vision for improvements that includes a phased implementation strategy tied to the redevelopment of KinVillage
Meanwhile, as far as the nearby Winskill Aquatic and Fitness Centre, it won’t be replaced with a new facility.
City officials this year, following an analysis, decided that rather than spend an estimated $65-to-$95 million, depending on the replacement concept, the best route is to spend an estimated $40 million for a plan that could involve renovating the main building.
Also, depending upon a finalized programming analysis, the plan would include expanding the facility with additional new multi-purpose spaces.
The proposed concept would also involve the permanent removal of the Winskill annex building, as it was determined the building could not be suitably upgraded to meet current or future needs.
