THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has commenced major rehabilitation works on the LBI Community Centre ground.

The upgrading of the facility became a reality after the GCB secured the lease from the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GUYSUCO), in January of this year which has paved the way for the board to invest approximately $600M in the next few years towards the general upgrading of the facility to benefit the cricketing community.

A visit by Chronicle Sport, Monday afternoon, revealed that major construction of the main pavilion is ongoing. Works to the southern side of the fence are also underway while landfilling was evident.

The GCB had already invested close to $75M a few years ago to construct the existing hostel, the Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence at that location, and over the years the Board has saved a lot of accommodation expenses with the use of this hostel to house its players.

In addition to the facilities for the accommodation of teams preparing for local and regional tournaments, the Centre comprises indoor nets, a gym and a lecture room, all designed to turn out more rounded players, who are prepared to meet the challenges of the modern game.

The multi-million dollar structure was officially opened in 2010.
It is expected that the bulk of the funding will come from the board through the funds from the franchise league.