He’s attained a partial financial commitment. He has the support of his fellow School Committee members. Now Geoff Swett needs help from the town’s Selectmen and Community Preservation Committee to build three new tennis courts on Viking Drive.

Swett, who serves on the School Committee and is the girls tennis coach at Wareham High School, went before the committee Wednesday evening with a plan that could help his proposed $180,000 project get built.

Currently, there are only three tennis courts on the property. Swett said that compared to all the other schools in the South Coast Conference, only one facility has four courts, with most having at least five or six. Wareham is the only school in the conference with three.

“(The high school has) by far the least capacity tennis facility in the South Coast Conference,” said Swett.

Swett said he has secured $90,000 in private funding, but that it is contingent upon getting another $90,000 in Community Preservation Act funds. Those funds come from a three percent surcharge levied on residential property above the first $100,000 of assessed property. The state partially matches the locally-raised funds, which can be used for the preservation recreational facilities, among other uses.

The 156 x 120 foot facility would go in what is now the grassy area behind Wareham Middle School on the side of the building closest to Wareham High School.

He said currently, there is a nearby fire lane also used to stage buses that the proposed courts would infringe upon, but after talking to Fire Chief Robert McDuffy, the two came to a solution that would allow the project to go forward. Per McDuffy’s suggestions, the court would be required to have a double gate to allow vehicle access in the case of an emergency.

“We need all the courts,” said Swett, adding that he often has in excess of 20 girls on the three current tennis courts and that the ideal number of players per court is four at the most.

Wareham High Principal Scott Palladino said that gym classes at the school, which also utilize the courts, average about 24 students.

“Theres a lot from an education standpoint (that can be done with new courts),” said Palladino, noting that he thinks the current courts are the most used public facility in the town.

After researching several options as for the type of court, Swett said an asphalt-based surface would be more cost efficient than what he called a “post tensioned concrete court,” which are more appealing because they don’t crack as easily.

Swett said the current courts, which Palladino said were built in 1991, are asphalt, and have lived beyond their 20-year expectancy. Those courts would continue to be used along with the new courts.

With the committee’s approval, Swett will now go before Selectmen on Nov. 25. With their approval, a hearing with the town’s Community Preservation Committee would follow. The funds would then have to be approved by voters at Spring Town Meeting in order to take effect.

Swett said construction could take place in the summer of 2015.