Drainage Upgrade for Lords Reserve

Published on 05 July 2023

Mansfield Shire Council will deliver much-needed drainage improvements to Lords Reserve following a successful grant application.

A $222,000 grant from the latest round of funding in the Victorian Government’s Country Football and Netball Program will help deliver works to the oval, which is home to the Delatite Cricket Club, Mansfield Junior Football Club, and a major multi-use oval in Mansfield.

The design will reshape oval low spots and include lateral drainage to eliminate water ponding in key sections, which limit use.

Mayor Cr James Tehan said the improvements will ensure user groups and the general community can get full use of a high-quality ground all year around.

“Lords Ground has been an integral part of Mansfield’s sporting history for well over 100 years and has seen many historic cricket and football grand finals. The ground is in a low lying area and has traditionally been a bog heap in wet years” he said.

“This project and funding will go a long way to alleviate those drainage problems.”

Council has worked with all the Lords Reserve user groups, consulting with them to ensure the work schedule will cause the least inconvenience to their programs.

Project delivery will occur between December 2023 and May 2024.

Off-field construction work is planned to commence in December and on-field work in March 2024, when the Delatite Cricket Club’s season is complete and before the start of Auskick and Mansfield Junior Football Club season.

For more information on this project please contact Council on 5775 8555 or email council@mansfield.vic.gov.au