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Design team presents synthetic-turf plan for Twin Valley varsity baseball and softball fields
Summary
Design consultant Matt Harlow and contractors outlined a plan to convert Twin Valley School District’s varsity baseball and softball fields to synthetic turf, describing site constraints (gas-line easement, sewer), stormwater controls (a DEP-managed-release concept), warranty options and a permitting timeline that could allow construction between seasons.
Matt Harlow, the district’s design consultant from ELA, told the Twin Valley School District board on April 13 that the proposed conversion of the varsity baseball and softball fields to synthetic turf is intended to reduce weather-related cancellations and long-term maintenance costs. Harlow said the project would replace the natural-grass diamonds with full synthetic turf, new dugouts and backstops while keeping and working around existing stadium lights.
The presentation noted several site constraints that shape the design. ‘‘The yellow highlighted perimeter on the baseball field is a gas line and easement,’’ Harlow said, adding that a sanitary sewer runs behind home plate and that slopes near the outfield limit how far the fields can…
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