AN INVESTMENT of more than half a million pounds to develop tennis facilities in the city's parks and boost participation in the sport has been given the go-ahead.
The initiative from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is called Ready to Rally.
Some £272,000 for the scheme will come from the LTA and the same amount is being ploughed in from the city council's parks capital budget and deals with developers over funding for community projects - known as Section 106 agreements.
The LTA and Salford council's green space team have agreed to bring 21 tennis courts up to "a good standard".
Funding covers core costs of improving court surfaces, nets, and electronic access gates along with some fencing costs.
The matched funding will also enable some courts to be reconfigured and disability access.
Charges for use have been set in consultation with the LTA and are comparable with those in Bury and Manchester and in line with the use of facilities at Salford's leisure centres, the city's greenspace officer Annie Surtees said.
Players will be allowed to book for a maximum of two hours at a cost of £4 per hour.
This story is from the July 03, 2022 edition of MEN on Sunday.
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