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Lightwood Park Development Funding Update

Lightwood Park Upgrades – Funding Update 18 May 2022

The club has sought bipartisan support for this community project in Franklin since we started working on it in 2013. This is where we are at with three sleeps to the 2022 Federal Election:

  • The Australian Labor Party, Julie Collins MP, have committed funding – $3 million – to the next stage of the project.
  • The Liberal Party of Australia have not committed any funding to the next stage of the project.

This is a Ground and Infrastructure project that will benefit the entire Community, Football (soccer) in the South of the State, the Football Club, Kingston High School and other users of the Kingborough Sports Precinct. Ground closures over the past fortnight have once again highlighted the need for improved facilities and Kingborough Lions Untied FC continues to work on implementing the Lightwood Park Master plan endorsed by the Kingborough Council in 2018. The club is thankful to have had the support of the Tasmanian State Liberal Government with funding for Stage 1 of the project.

You Tube clip below: Julie Collins visited Lightwood Park to announce a $3m commitment to Lightwood Park from an Albanese government