Port Moody to add pickleball to Town Centre Park
Pickleball players are set to get another place to swing a paddle.
Port Moody staff are set paint new pickleball lines on one of the five Town Centre Park tennis courts on Ioco Road. The change should allow for two dedicated pickleball courts, although one councillors suggested there might be room for a couple more.
“I’ve had pickleballers come and talk to me and say that they’ve been able to turn one tennis court into potentially three courts,” Coun. Callan Morrison, asking staff to investigate a different alignment that would accommodate four pickleball courts.
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With a possibility of a one-month delay, other councillors were reticent about anything that might delay the new courts.
“I don’t know how I feel about that part because I just want to get this done,” said Coun. Samantha Agtarap.
Mayor Meghan Lahti ultimately instructed staff to investigate adding extra courts so long as the project wasn’t delayed.
“Don’t report back. Just do it,” Lahti said with a chuckle.
The courts are tentatively slated to be open for play by late-June or early-July.
The move to add pickleball to Town Centre follows the addition of two tennis courts at Port Moody Secondary.
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