Tennis court has had its day: Peiting is building a multifunctional sports field for football and basketball

Shoot a few hoops or play a game of soccer with friends to your heart's content: this should soon be possible on a multifunctional sports field that the municipality of Peiting wants to build in place of a tennis court that is no longer needed.

Peiting – The idea of ​​using the two adjacent tennis courts for other purposes was already in the air when the new kindergarten on Jägerstrasse was being planned.

These are no longer required by the tennis club and are located on municipal property.

Last year, the market therefore applied as part of the investment package to promote sports facilities with the plan to breathe new life into the two squares.

In the most recent municipal council meeting, Mayor Peter Ostenrieder reminded us of the new tartan track and the hall floor of the triple hall, for which the municipality had already received funds.

The plan that the store presented to the authorities involved was to convert a tennis court into a multifunctional playing field with a tartan surface.

Basketball or football can be played there, for example, explained the head of the town hall.

The second court should also have a tartan surface, but thanks to the appropriate lines it can still be used for tennis.

Ostenrieder emphasized that both facilities would be open to the public and could also be used by clubs, schools and kindergartens.

There are also conversion plans for the second tennis court

The problem: Originally, the administration assumed that the estimated costs of around 200,000 euros would be enough for both places.

However, after a more detailed examination by a specialist company, the number turned out to be too optimistic, so that the total costs ended up at 390,000 euros.

According to the head of the town hall, the promised funding of 90 percent only covered the original amount.

"We only get funding for second place if not all the funds in the funding pot are used," explained Ostenrieder.

His suggestion was therefore to give the green light for both projects, but to only tackle the conversion of the second court to a tartan tennis court subject to funding.

The board gave a lot of praise for the plans.

"Great, we have to do that," said Alexander Zila (independent), enthusiastic about the possibilities of a multifunctional sports field.

Sports officer Hermann Mödl agreed with him.

"Of course it would be a great thing if we could both make places," said the BVP Council, who thought primarily of the children who are not in a club and would benefit from the new offer.

However, there are also many ice hockey players in town for whose sport tartan is not the right surface.

But here you are in a dilemma, market builder Christian Hack made it clear.

If you swap it for a harder variant, "the footballers don't go for it anymore".

In addition, hockey needs a gang.

And that, in turn, brings with it the problem of soundproofing, according to Norbert Merk (CSU).

Thomas Elste (Greens) suggested a completely different concept.

Because of the already high level of surface sealing due to the new kindergarten building, he was critical of the project and instead advocated creating a "near-natural experience area".

Alfred Jocher (independent) also questioned the need.

The all-weather pitch in the stadium is often empty, it would be better to add the area to the kindergarten.

“There is hardly any space in the garden for 170 children.” Of course, the day-care center could also use the playing field, countered the mayor.

Herbert Salzmann (SPD) pointed out that the all-weather field is used a lot by athletes.

Marion Gillinger (ÖDP) proposed as a compromise to rebuild only one place.

"Subsidies are also tax money." But Ostenrieder didn't think much of that.

"If we don't take it, someone else will.

We won't save anything there." In the end, the majority saw it like Christian Lory (independent): "I can live with it." Against five votes, the municipal council gave the green light for the proposed procedure.

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