Mayor Chu hosts groundbreaking ceremony for Luzhou Citizen Sports Center
Accompanied by several government officials, New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu today hosted the groundbreaking ceremony for Luzhou Citizen Sports Center. To provide citizens a place for sports and recreation, he ordered the Public Works Department to finished construction early by the end of next year while still upholding the quality of work.
Mayor Chu thanked the Sports Affairs Council of Executive Yuan for its financial support of 200 million NT dollars. He said construction for Xinzhuang Citizen Sports Center will be finished by the end of this year after construction for Luzhou Citizen Sports Center starts. Tamsui, Sanchong, Zhonghe, Tucheng, and Banqiao will also start constructing their own sports centers after Luzhou and expect their completion dates in the next two years.
Mayor Chu explained that sports centers are suited for space-lacking, densely populated metropolitan cities while sport parks are suited for remote areas. He expects all areas in New Taipei with population over 150000 people can each have a sports center by 2014.
Near Luzhou MRT Station and in the north-east corner of Lujiang Junior High School, Luzhou Citizen Sports Center sets a precedent as the combined facility for both the school and the public.
According to Public Works Department, Luzhou Citizen Sports Center is an eco-friendly building occupying 11,300 m2 in total area. It has a parking lot in the basement and a heated swimming pool, a pool SPA, a sauna, a steam room, etc., on the 1st floor. The 2nd floor contains facilities such as a pool room, a chess room, and a children playground. The 3rd floor contains a badminton court, a rock climbing space, a dance room, a skating classroom, etc. The 4th floor has table tennis rooms and squash rooms. The 5th floor is a multipurpose ball court and the top floor is a roofless archery field.