New turf after 19 years: Almería Provincial Council allocates €300,000 to Olula del Río football pitch
Olula del Río will renovate its only football pitch, the José Juan Rodríguez, with €300,000 from Almería Provincial Council: more than 6,000 m² of turf and 60 days of works.
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Almería Provincial Council will allocate €300,000 to renovating the José Juan Rodríguez municipal football pitch, the only one Olula del Río has. The provincial institution’s Governing Board has approved the investment for a comprehensive renovation with a planned completion period of 60 days, as the Provincial Council itself announced this Monday.
After all, the pitch has now clocked up almost two decades of use. The current artificial turf was installed in 2007 and, after 19 years, the Provincial Council considers it necessary to renew it. According to the institution, the pitch sees intense activity throughout the season and is used by many sportspeople from the various local teams.
What the works include
The project goes beyond the turf: it includes the renewal of more than 6,000 square metres of artificial turf, improvements to the base of the pitch and work on the drainage system. The perimeter fencing, which is in poor condition, will also be replaced, and work will be carried out on the cracks in the walls of the ground.
Added to this is a new irrigation system with six pop-up sprinkler cannons, a pumping unit and command and control panels, as well as regulation goals, flags and other functional items of sports equipment.
The president of the Almería Provincial Council, José Antonio García Alcaina, explained that “more than 6,000 square metres of artificial turf will be renewed, which will comprehensively improve the pitch”, and framed the works as part of the improvement of municipal facilities that the provincial institution is carrying out in the towns and villages of Almería.
When the work is finished, which is expected to take two months, the town’s teams and sportspeople will have a renovated pitch. However, the information released does not yet specify when the works will begin or whether they will affect the calendar of the teams that train and play there.
