Within the next two months, the Brighton Playing Field should have 300 lux of lights installed on the facility.
This, as the EC$750,000 project has been taken a step further, with the excavation work for the lighting towers started.
Through the instrumentality of current President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF), – Carl Dickson, the organisation was able to attain the funding, through FIFA Foundation.
Delighted that the project is brightening up, Dickson said, “Over the years, many presidents before me have promised to light a Football field so that our competitions, national teams, and other Football activities can take place at night, but I am the first to deliver.”
With the earth works in full throttle, Dickson envisages that the lights will be erected by the end of April.
“All lighting implements are on the ground here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and logistics are in place to see the completion of, and commissioning of the lights in the next two months,” Dickson assured.
He noted that the provisions of light at the Brighton Playing Field is another fulfilment of the ten-point plan he crafted for accomplishment in his first term, 2019–2023 term as president.
“This is just another manifestation and fulfillment of the promises I made to affiliates when I approached them back in 2019, seeking to become their President,” Dickson remarked.
Apart from the lighting of the Brighton Playing Field, Dickson disclosed that the mega project, The Home for Football, which will be constructed at Cane Grove, will also be taken further within the upcoming months.
Citing the Home for Football as a massive accomplishment for St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Football, Dickson informed, “I have been able to secure the funding for Phase One, I look forward to work diligently to make this exceptional goal, the Home for Football, a reality.”
It was under the Dickson-led Executive that the SVGFF secured EC$2.4 million through the FIFA Forward programme that allowed the organsiation to purchase five acres of prime land, located at Cane Grove on the leeward side of the mainland, for the ‘Mega Project’.
“My tenure in the sport has demonstrated a strong drive commitment to break with traditional infrastructural barriers and I look forward to the commencement of the Home for Football Stadium, scheduled to break ground on 1st May this year,” Dickson promised.