Fairly soon,

Peachtree City's recreation program will have another jewel of a facility

with a covered multipurpose "rink" at the Kedron recreation

area.

The $581,230

project will be versatile, allowing for in-line hockey and skating, volleyball,

badminton and basketball. Also, the facility could be used for new recreation

programs in large, covered open areas, noted city Director of Leisure

Services Randy Gaddo in a recent memo to council.

The rink area

will be surrounded by a raised border called a dasher board system. It

will also be lighted with high intensity sports lighting so it can be

used at night.

A flat grassy

area next to the rink will be available for picnics or other outdoor community

events which might need shelter from the rain, Gaddo noted.

The original

low bid for the project was $650,861 from Tomco Construction Inc. To reduce

the price, a multipurpose sports field for adults was cut.

Other items

slashed to lower the price were some parking spots and other non-priority

elements, Gaddo noted.

Construction

of the rink is expected to take six months.

City Council

approved issuing the revised contract with Tomco Construction at its last

meeting. Also, council voted to redirect $24,433 to the rink project from

an abandoned plan to hook restrooms at the Riley recreation area to sewer

service.

The remainder

of the funds for that sewer project, $25,566, will be spent to install

a six-foot black vinyl coated fence at the new Riley football field and

track to protect it from vandalism, Gaddo said.

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