Truman Turf is Going in
After a delay due to baby birds, turf is being installed at the ballfield at Truman Waterfront Park, and the entire project is nearing completion.
The project, termed Phase 1b, includes the rebuilding of the Shine Forbes Building, a dog park, the ball field, a concession stand, and new quarters for the police horses.
Work continued on the building during the ballfield delay and is nearly complete, but in June the installation of the turf was put on hold.
Least terns — a protected species – prefer to use large gravel expanses as their rookery. When the old PAL gym was renovated to become the Shine Forbes Building, the gravel roof was done away with.
However, the nearby gravel bed, looked like the perfect nesting ground for a large number of terns. The nests were scattered across the field, and as the eggs hatched, fledglings were skittering around the gravel patch on new legs.
Now that they’ve flown the nest, crews are installing turf, and a scoreboard will be installed.
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