Wayland To Consider 3 New Grass Athletic Fields: Town Meeting

WAYLAND, MA — As Wayland heads toward a possible moratorium on building more synthetic athletic fields, the town will likely study how to build new grass fields around town to solve a shortage.

A special Town Meeting will take place in early October where members will vote on the turf field moratorium, which comes amid concerns about the safety of crumb rubber. Town Meeting may also consider three articles that would spend a combined $205,000 to study three new grass fields.

The locations under consideration for grass fields are at the Loker Recreation Area — which was once under consideration for a turf field, a proposal voted down at spring Town Meeting — and along Main Street near the town highway department building. The town may also study a grass field at either the Greenways conservation land, on top of the Route 20 landfill or behind Orchard Lane.

The special Town Meeting is scheduled for Oct. 3 at Wayland High School.

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