Walnutport remains committed to ensuring pickleball lovers have a place to play the ever-growing sport.

Further proof of that was evident after borough council on Thursday unanimously agreed to spend money to line its pickleball and basketball courts.

Council approved the quote in the amount of $2,470 from S&G Asphalt Service, Slatington. Of that, $1,560 is to line the pickleball court, and the $910 to line the basketball court.

Borough grant coordinator Michael Wentz said the borough got a good price.

The borough’s recreation board will pay for the work, council said.

Council previously heard a request from resident Bob Benson, who asked for a pickleball court.

A former boys and girls tennis coach at Salisbury High School, Benson previously told council that pickleball is a growing sport.

Pickleball is a combination of tennis, table tennis, and badminton. The game is played on a court with a net. The surface is smaller than a tennis court.

Benson said that the borough has a “pretty good tennis court” for which it could use to play pickleball.

He said that a normal pickleball court costs about $7,000, and suggested that the borough power-wash its court and line it.

Mayor Wayne Weidner previously shared his concern about how long it was going to last.