{"id":300973,"date":"2023-03-30T17:14:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T21:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=300973"},"modified":"2023-03-31T18:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T22:30:42","slug":"proposed-pointe-round-sports-facility-to-provide-home-for-track-and-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/governance\/proposed-pointe-round-sports-facility-to-provide-home-for-track-and-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Correction: Proposed Point Ronde sports facility to provide home for track and field"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_253509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253509\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-253509\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Oscar-George-2-642x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oscar George<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of Dominica is making serious headway for athletes in the area of track and field development, referring to a facility slated to be constructed in Point Ronde.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was disclosed by Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Youth, Sports and Community Development, Oscar George, as a guest on Focus on Government and Development recently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s time we make some serious headway for our track athletes, so I think this project is very timely for our track athletes,\u201d he said. \u201cThis project will consist of a 400-meter synthetic track, we will have a practice track, we will have amenities, we will have office space, parking, we will have lights and provisions for all the different types of track events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, George said a survey has to be done before making headway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cWe would have to look at the watercourses, we would have to look at utilities, parking space, the soil test, all these things we have to do and is currently ongoing,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to George, the Ministry of Sports has been leading in that regard, \u201cin terms of doing all the assessments and having conceptual designs for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd of course, it will require a lot of earth movement,\u201d he explained. \u201cAll this is being worked on in terms of estimates as to how much earth we will need to move to ensure we have a flattened surface and where exactly we will put the court in terms of the specific location on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Government of Dominica is making serious headway for athletes in the area of track and field development, referring to a facility slated to be constructed in Point Ronde. 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