MILDURA Lawn Tennis Club (MLTC) has long known its plans for a $3 million redevelopment of its hardcourts would largely be put on the backburner until the Mildura South sporting precinct was completed.

What it didn't bargain on, though, was being shut out of talks between Mildura Rural City Council and Tennis Victoria over the past year on how the project should look.

The council has earned a re...