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Southington board backs concept to rebuild tennis courts, add about 150 parking spaces and seek town support
Summary
After a presentation from FieldTurf, the Southington Board of Education indicated consensus to take a phased plan for seven regulation tennis courts and roughly 150 additional parking spaces to the town council for funding discussion; designers warned of utility and stormwater constraints and estimated multi‑phase costs.
The Southington Board of Education signaled support on Tuesday for a concept to replace aging tennis courts with regulation-size, post-tension concrete courts and add roughly 150 parking spaces, a multi-phase plan the board will present to the town council for potential funding.
Andrew Dijak, vice president for FieldTurf’s New England region, and the firm’s design director, identified in the meeting materials as Chris Halk (the transcript also spells his name “Chris Hulke”), described a site redesign intended to correct nonregulation courts, improve circulation and emergency access, and add parking to reduce neighborhood congestion. Dijak said the company’s construction uses…
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