Wesley Bishop Field Project Addition Rejected
Members of council denied the Moorestown Lacrosse Club's request to add another playing field.
Town council shot down an addition to the Wesley Bishop North field project Monday, wary of increasing the cost of the project without private dollars to fund it. The Lacrosse Club requested a $36,815 change order for the project to add a third, natural grass field so it has more room for games and practices. When the project was initially conceived, the engineer designed the field so it would have two 165x210-foot turf fields side by side—a design supposedly agreed upon by all the parties involved, including the township and the athletic clubs. However, due to the immense popularity of the Lacrosse Club—which currently has between 450 to 500 kids enrolled, according to recreation director Theresa Miller—the organization is seeking a third…
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Hilary
3:51 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wow...there are just so many things I could comment on. Let's start with the rec department, which gave up control of baseball and softball to the clubs because it was easier to let someone else run them. The smartest move would be to privatize the rec department, because it is a hot mess. Jeff Young field is a wonderful little park, but there should be no more money put into it because THERE'S … more ›