Heathcote Oval Lighting

Project background

Heathcote Oval is located at the end of Wilson Parade, adjoining the Royal National Park, and the fields are shared be a variety of sporting groups such as Cricket, Oztag, AFL and other activity groups like model airplanes. This project consists of the Sports Lighting Upgrade of the Baseball, Soccer, Cricket fields at the southern end of the complex which includes an upgraded power supply to the site.

Consultation with the community

Council consulted with the local community and sporting clubs throughout 2021 and the Heathcote Oval Masterplan was endorsed by Council in September 2022.  This project responds to our community feedback and the Sports Strategy.   Find out more about the Consultation.

Project scope

Stage 2 work includes:

• New increased power supply
• New lighting with remote access controls and variable levels for training and competition. The lighting is by LED luminaires for reduced power consumption.

Impacts during construction

A power supply outage was completed on 22 June 2024 to allow for cut-over of services.

Funding

The lighting upgrade is proudly funded by the NSW Government in partnership with Sutherland Shire Council.