Longport Mayor Nick Russo is requesting feedback regarding a potential change to the tennis courts at the recreation complex located at 33rd and Atlantic Ave.
Currently, there are three (3) tennis courts and two (2) pickleball courts available.
There has been a request to change the layout of the recreation complex to reduce the number of tennis courts to two and add two ‘padel’ or two pickleball courts.
Longport residents only. Take the survey here.
Fill out the survey no later than October 21st.
Under consideration: possibly remove one tennis court.
Engineer Ed Dennis says padel courts are enclosed courts. It could cost approximately $100,000 to convert one tennis court to padel courts.
Padel, sometimes called padel tennis, is a racket sport on an enclosed court slightly smaller than a doubles tennis court. Court has walls and the balls can be played off them in a similar way as in the game of squash.
Recreation Supervisor McKenna said she could provide the Governing Body with a report regarding tennis and pickleball court usage.
Also discussed: addition of wind screens at the recreation complex.
