{"id":242890,"date":"2016-12-20T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=242890"},"modified":"2016-12-20T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T20:00:31","slug":"rubberized-surface-track-oval-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/rubberized-surface-track-oval-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubberized surface of track oval removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_242894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242894\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NMSA-pix-1-300x199.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Tang\u2019s Corp. employee uses a payloader removes the rubberized surface of the Oleai Sports Complex track oval yesterday. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Resurfacing work at the track and field facility of the Oleai Sports Complex took a major step as the rubberized surface of the oval was removed yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Employees of Tang\u2019s Corp. \u201cpeeled off\u201d the eight-lane track oval using a payloader. The dirty and bubbled covered rubberized surface was piled up with the portion of the oval facing the grandstand completely stripped off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am glad that the contractor is catching up with the resurfacing works. They are a bit behind since the notice to proceed came out mid last month,\u201d said Tony Rogolifoi, executive director of Northern Marianas Sports Association, which is the caretaker of the Oleai Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my understanding that this month the contractor will focus on clearing the track and field facility while waiting for the materials to arrive. Hopefully, in the latter part of January, the contractor will start replacing the surface,\u201d Rogolifoi added.<\/p>\n<p>With the rubberized surface gone, Rogolifoi, for the nth time, reminded the public not to go inside the track and field facility. Last weekend, despite the warning signs placed on the entrances of the oval, there were still a few people walking and playing at the track and the grass pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are requesting for the public\u2019s full cooperation to avoid accidents and not to disrupt the repair works at the facility,\u201d Rogolifoi said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rogoligoi disclosed that he is also following up on the paperwork for the renovation at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will talk to Misamis Construction this week as I learned they are still waiting for more documents from procurement,\u201d the NMSA official said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, the improvement will begin late January or early February,\u201d Rogolifoi added.<\/p>\n<p>The Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Ballfield and the Miguel \u201cTan Ge\u201d Basa Softball Field will also undergo renovations next year. The repair work at the two fields are timely as Saipan will be hosting the 2017 Asia Pacific Regional Championships. The facilities at the Oleai Sports Complex will also be used for the 2021 Pacific Mini Games, which will come to Saipan for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resurfacing work at the track and field facility of the Oleai Sports Complex took a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":242894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14789,490,2820,1258],"class_list":["post-242890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-misamis-construction","tag-oleai-sports-complex","tag-pacific-mini-games","tag-tony-rogolifoi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}