Jubilee Community Forum

Kogarah Council and the St.George RLFC will meet with the local community on Wednesday (Dec 15) as part of the consultation process for the continued upgrade of Oki Jubilee Stadium.

The meeting, to be held at 5:30pm on Wednesday, will allow residents to view a Master Plan for Stage One works and to discuss the proposal with Council and St.George representatives. In the wake of the community forum approximately 1500 households in the surrounding area will be notified of separate Development Applications for each of the components of the forthcoming upgrade, while the Department of Lands will also be notified.

The upgrade has been divided into two stages.

The first stage will include upgraded floodlighting at Oki Jubilee and the training ground next to the Princes Highway, additional seating to the northern and southern ends of the ground, replacement and upgrading of some of the current concourse seating, ground improvements to the training ground adjacent to the Princes Highway, a gymnasium and a northern turnstile to provide ground entry on the English Street side. The estimated cost of the first stage will be approximately $3 million.

Local residents are set to benefit from the first stage of the upgrade via a landscape plan for Kogarah Park that will enhance the amenity of the area through greater landscaping, enhanced fencing, improved lighting and more accessible pathways.

Kogarah Council will adopt a selective tendering method for the installation of additional seating at Oki Jubilee Stadium and an open tender process for the permanent lighting upgrade. Expressions of interest and tenders for the first stage of the upgrade will run in tandem with the Development Application process, however no contracts will be entered into until the Development Applications have been determined. The Stage One process has been scheduled to allow works to proceed, if sanctioned by Council, within a timeframe that would allow St.George-Illawarra to meet the Panthers in Round 10.

The planning process for the second stage will involve extensive community consultation and the appointment of an Architect who will develop a master plan for the precinct. The second stage will cost approximately $5 million and the preparation of the master plan and associated construction will take up to two years to complete.

The funds for the second stage will be used to redevelop facilities such as the toilets, canteens, classroom for educational purposes and corporate functions and the installation of additional seated areas on the eastern side of the ground.