Two bids for a project to expand and resurface the New Canaan High School tennis courts this summer are coming in well within budget, officials say.
The New Canaan High School tennis courts on June 12, 2014. Credit: Michael Dinan
Plans call for a seventh court to be added and for a new, post-tensioned concrete surface that will reduce hazards through cracks or dimples, eliminate downtime during frequent repairs and save the town money and manpower in repairing the now 17-year-old courts each year.
The Town Council authorized bonding of up to $450,000 for the project and lower bids now are coming in the $392,000 range, Recreation Director Steve Benko said.
“We are well within the budgeted amount, which I’m really pleased with,” he said.
Benko said he’s hoping to get selectmen approval June 24 and, following an All Sports Booster Club tennis clinic, start work in mid-July.
The concrete itself must be poured and cured, meaning the entire 8- to 10-week project safely will be wrapped up by the end of September, he said.