After months of back and forth, the city of Prairie Village will get rid of some of the pickleball courts at Windsor Park in an effort to respond to residents’ complaints about noise. The Prairie Village City Council on Monday voted 10-0 to resurface four of the six existing pickleball courts back into one tennis court that will still have pickleball lines, enough for up to three pickleball games to be played at once at Windsor Park. Councilmembers Tyler Agniel and Cole Robinson were absent Monday. The move Monday comes months after the council temporarily shut down four of the courts earlier this year in an attempt to mitigate noise coming from the courts and just more than a year since the six pickleball courts were first installed at Windsor Park, replacing two former tennis courts at the time. Since resurfacing the court last summer into pickleball courts, Prairie Village residents and pickleball players have been at odds about the future of the game at Windsor Park. Some residents have complained about the incessant “thwack” associated with pickleball, which has been an issue for others across Johnson County, as well as more broadly around the U.S. Residents near the Windsor Park courts have also complained about parking and traffic issues.
Source: Johnson County Post
