Public invited to Highfields Sport and Recreation Park opening

Imagine a sporting oval where club officials can control LED field lighting via sms as well as enjoying the benefits of brand new amenities surrounded by parkland.

This innovation and other features will be on public display at Saturday’s (March 9) official opening of Stage Two of Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) newest ‘fields of dreams’, the multi-discipline sporting facility at the Highfields Sport and Recreation Park.

Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio said residents were invited to inspect the new facilities and even join the first official activity at 220 Barracks Road, Highfields.

“All runners and walkers are invited to lace up to test the new layout from 7am at the Highfields Parkrun which will shift to the new grounds to mark the official proceedings,” Mayor Antonio said.

“Active participation is the perfect way to open the $11.3 million Stage Two component of the $28 million development. Council’s bold ambition for this greenfield site was to design and construct a high quality sporting facility that not only catered for one of the major growth areas in our region, but a centre that was capable of hosting regional, state and national sports competitions.

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