News

New Tennis Courts (including a Seventh) Going in Now at NCHS

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The 17-year-old tennis courts at New Canaan High School have been removed and work is underway to install new ones—including an added seventh—with a more durable surface. The estimated $379,000 project—well within budget—should be wrapped up by mid- to late-September, Recreation Director Steve Benko said. “It’s moving right along,” he said. “The guy is really moving.”

The guy is from West Haven-based Hinding Tennis Courts, and the company is installing a post-tensioned concrete surface, where concrete is poured around a duct to follow areas where tension otherwise would exist. It’s expected to reduce hazards on the public courts through cracks or dimples, eliminate downtime during frequent fixes and save the town money and manpower in making repairs.

Around Town

NCHS Tennis Courts Makeover Projecting Well within Budget

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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. 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.

Government

A Facelift for New Canaan High School Tennis Courts

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On the heels of a tennis legend moving to New Canaan, some good news for local fans of the sport. Town officials are pursuing a $460,000 bond issuance to install a “post-tensioned concrete surface” at the New Canaan High School tennis courts. Advocates for the project, including Recreation Director Steve Benko, say the new surface will reduce hazards through cracks or dimples, eliminate downtime during frequent repairs and save the town money and manpower in “band-aiding” the now 17-year-old courts each year. Benko had sought funding last year to pursue the project, but was denied, and made do with repairing cracks and other problems with a $4,500 allocation in the fall. According to Benko, post-tensioned concrete—used with success in Newtown and more recently in Darien—solves problems that the courts now have where our violently changing weather creates bumps and cracks.