Township Awards Memorial Field Contract

The Washington Township Council voted to award a contract to re-sod during their meeting this week. 

The from SCS Contracting was the lowest of four bids recieved by the township for the project. The council bonded for $152,000 of a maximum budget of $160,000 for the work.

SCS Contracting will re-sod Memorial Field sometime in early November, using the field for the season. The DPW will also fix a drainage issue at the bottom of the hill next to the field.

Some township residents had advocated for artificial turf at Memorial Field, citing years of problems with sod. Officials ended up voting to re-sod the field because of turf's higher price tag, which was estimated would run between $1.8 and $3 million.

Mayor Janet Sobkowicz, who began earlier this summer, told Patch she would limit the engineering costs for the project to a maximum of $1,500.

Councilmen previously said they would , possibly for as soon as next year.

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