The physical culture center of the Krasnoselsky district will be allocated 25 million rubles from the city budget. for additional equipment. As RosBalt was informed by the press service of the St. Petersburg administration, such an order was given by Governor Alexander Beglov.
The first classes have already taken place in the completely renovated building. There are sections for wrestling, football, volleyball, chess, table tennis, and other sports, and classes in adaptive physical education are provided. Today the governor presented five students of the center with golden GTO badges.
“Among the tasks that we are solving within the framework of the national project on behalf of the president is the development of sports. It is very important. We need to invest in this, because sport is the health of the future generation. Children and adults should play sports. We create the necessary conditions for this. Kids and first-graders are already passing the GTO standards and receiving gold marks,” noted Alexander Beglov. According to him, in St. Petersburg in 2023, 4,700 people passed the complex standards, more than 3,000 received gold badges.
The overhaul of the Center for Physical Education, Sports and Health in the Krasnoselsky District began in 2022. The building’s load-bearing structures were strengthened. The large hall under the dome was divided so that different sports could be practiced at the same time.
The management of the institution plans to purchase a modular shooting gallery building, install additional equipment, sports furniture, and carpets for martial arts. It is for these purposes that the governor instructed to allocate budget funds.
In total, 79 billion rubles will be allocated from the city budget for the development of physical culture and sports in St. Petersburg in 2024–2026. In 2024, the city plans to renovate, equip and design 103 school stadiums and 92 indoor sports grounds – 1.1 billion rubles will be allocated for these purposes. Another 500 million rubles. it is planned to allocate 300 million rubles for the overhaul of sports schools and sports centers. — for the purchase of equipment for sports facilities in the Kalininsky and Nevsky districts. 2.2 billion rubles will be allocated from the budget for the implementation of the calendar plan for sporting events.
Source: Rosbalt
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