Official groundbreaking at the Mont-Laurier sports center

In the photo, from left to right, Normand Latreille, municipal councilor, Julie Bellavance, general manager of the CSSHL, Audrey-Anne Richer, director of the recreation, culture and parks department, Daniel Bourdon, mayor of Mont-Laurier, François Gay, civil engineer, Steve Pressé, director of the public works and engineering department and Jonathan Bondu, technician. (Photo L’info de la Hare – Maxim Ouellette-Legault)

In addition to the pickleball courts and the basketball court, the City will install shade cloths, street furniture and landscaping. This is a project of more than $850,000, carried out by Boldex. The plans were designed by the firm KAP.

The mayor of Mont-Laurier, Daniel Bourdon, explains that the Center de services scolaire des Hautes-Laurentides (CSSHL) gave the plot to the City for the construction of these lands. They will be located where the tennis courts used to be, before the place became a parking lot.

The mayor recalls that “We have been asked for several years to set up pickleball and basketball courts. We made the requests to the government and we received the financial aid. The costs will be below what we had estimated, following the calls for tenders”.

The work is being carried out thanks to the Financial Assistance Program for Recreational and Sports Facilities (PAFIRS) of the Government of Quebec.

The duration of the work is estimated at 13 weeks.

Daniel Bourdon also points out that the sports center will soon be complete. However, he explains that the City is currently studying the possibility of adding a Pump track. It is a course made up of bumps and banked turns, where it is possible to ride a bike or scooter.

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