Piggabeen Sports Complex in Tweed Heads West and is primarily used as a rugby league ground. It is the home ground of the Tweed’s Queensland Cup rugby league team, the Tweed Seagulls. The ground is also used by the club’s junior rugby league teams as well as local residents for recreation.
This week stage one works have begun that will include a new playground, upgrades to the entrance, new LED lighting for three sports fields, upgrades to field surfaces, including drainage, irrigation and re-turfing stormwater management.
Council’s Director Sustainable Communities and Environment Naomi Searle said the sports complex upgrades would provide numerous benefits for the local community.
Council received $600,000 from the NSW Department of Planning, through its Regional Housing Fund to deliver elements of Stage 1 of the Piggabeen Sports Complex Masterplan.
An additional $1.68 million, granted to Tweed Seagulls RLFC through the NSW Government’s Office of Sport Multi-Sport Community Facility Fund, will be used to complete additional elements of the masterplan.
The new playground is expected to be completed by the end of November this year, while field upgrades are expected to be completed by Christmas, weather permitting.
The sports fields and new playground area will be closed and fenced off for the duration of the works. A high volume of trucks is expected in the coming weeks, as well as heavy machinery to complete earthworks.
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