Sunday, September 18, 2005
River Road Recreation Complex
This facility is located at the Intersection of Route 32 (River Road) and I-84. It is just North of the commuter parking lot. The facility will eventually contain a regulation football/soccer field, regulation little league baseball field, basketball and volleyball courts. A pavilion will also be built there. Little to no funding or other support has been given for the completion of the fields by the current administration. The Board of Finance did intercede last year and voted to allocate an additional $65,000 to finish the little league field. The vote to give a final approval for the money will be at a Town meeting sometime in late September/early October.
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Can anyone go to that Board of Finance meeting? Are they open to hearing comments from concerned citizens?
The Board of Finance Meetings are held on the third Thursday of the Month at the lower level of the Town Office Building. They are open to the public and there is a present to speak section of the agenda where you can address the Board. Whether they are open to hearing comments is another matter.
The meetings are at 7:00 PM.
Most of the $65,000 is projected to cover the building of the little league field and I believe a drilling of a well but I will have to find out the exact plan for the money.
Does anybody know when this project got started and why it is taking so long?
E.O. Smith High Football is showing pride and ability, starting with the scrimage here in Willington. Shouldn't we do the same by finishing this field, instead of a pile of dirt for the world to see?
The project got "started" about six years ago. A committee was formed to pick an engineer and develop a set of plans. The project was delayed when the National Guard agreed to do the site work and save the Town about $100,000. The catch was that they would not be able to do the work until Spring of '03. They then had to cancel because of the Iraqi war. The decision was made to go forward and put the site work out to bid with the money we had and that is pretty much where it sits.
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