EAST BRUNSWICK–The Township Council approved a resolution awarding Sport-Tech Construction Corporation a $281,777 contract to provide improvements for Country Lane Park.
The East Brunswick Department of Recreation and Parks is responsible for maintaining the outdoor courts and athletic facilities within the township’s park system, according to the council.
On Oct. 27, the township received three bids for the Country Lane Park improvements. Department of Recreation and Parks Director Michael Reissner reviewed the bids and recommend that a contract be awarded to the lowest bidder, Sports-Tech Construction Corporation of Brewster, New York, according to the council.
Reissner said this project will be reconstructing two tennis courts and one basketball court at Country Lane Park, located at 65 Stratford Road.
“The courts there were deteriorated beyond repair or actually have been repaired … from what I can tell least three times,” Reissner said. “We are proposing a post-tensioned concrete system out of this location to repair all three courts and our intention is to begin this work in the spring of 2021.”
Reissner said the department will also be removing the lighting system that is currently there because it is probably from the 1970s or 1980s and beyond repair since it is outdated.
“We will not be replacing the lighting system immediately, but it is something that we’re looking to do as a potential phase two, down the road, but for the most part the courts need to be repaired and our intention is to fix that in 2021,” Reissner said.
The council approved the resolution on Dec. 14 during the council meeting via video conference.
Before the resolution was approved, Councilman James Wendell said he has worked closely with Reissner on the tennis courts for many years in trying to find different opportunities and cheaper alternatives.
“We put out there a few different alternatives for this and … I was not a fan of the post-tension in the beginning, but after seeing Country Lane Park and everything else, this is a good option. … While it may have should have been done earlier there were some things out there that didn’t make it, so I’m glad to see we’re getting around to this,” Wendell said.
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