A tennis “centre of excellence” will bring people to Dumfries from all over the country.
Councillors have agreed to serve up the extra funding to help make a new facility at the King George V Sports Complex a reality.
The cost of constructing a regional indoor centre has risen from £1.5m to more than £2m within the past 12 months, and it was feared that the proposal for a brand new three-court facility could collapse.
