The network of paths through the Lakes Entrance Golf Course will be upgraded as part of a $20,000 improvement project.<\/p>\n
The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester today announced the Federal Government would split the cost of the project with the golf club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gravel paths readily become worn and pot-holed by constant use, weathering by rain and irrigation systems, and golf cart traffic,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt its worst, the most heavily-used sections turn into mud and become very slippery causing a safety risk particularly to those using carts.<\/p>\n
\u201cSealing sections of the network of paths through the course will improve the playing experience for local and visiting golfers alike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lakes Entrance Golf Club Manager Vernone Armistead said the course attracted more than 5000 visitors and tourists each year, in addition to its many local players.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe golf course is an important visitor attraction for Lakes Entrance and East Gippsland,\u201d Mrs Armistead said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to ensure our facilities are as good as they can be so those who play here have a great day.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur two greenkeepers and our volunteers work hard to maintain the standard of the course. Sealing the busiest sections of pathway will go a long way to helping us to stay on top of what needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Chester said the golf club was one of 19 organisations in Gippsland so far to receive funding support under round three of the #lovegippsland Stronger Communities Program.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pleased to play a role in helping so many community-based organisations to complete small capital projects, like sealing paths at the golf club,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The network of paths through the Lakes Entrance Golf Course will be upgraded as part of a $20,000 improvement project. The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester today announced the Federal Government would split the cost of the project with the golf club. \u201cThe gravel paths readily become worn and pot-holed by constant use, weathering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":96103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[509,2084,175],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}