Louisville City Council Approves Metzger Park Soccer Project

Louisville City Council, Monday meeting

Source: The Canton Repository

Published June 8, 2022

KEY ACTION: Approved a soccer project at Metzger Park.

DISCUSSION: Everlast Landscape Group was the lowest and best bid for the soccer fields project. Funding for the $365,816.81 project will come from a $250,000 grant from the state and $103,875.38 from the American Rescue Plan Act. The remaining $11,941.45 is accounted for by previously approved purchase orders for the project, according to Finance Director Sonja Herwick.

The project includes removal of fencing and bleachers at ball fields, excavation and installation of 18-inch and 24-inch conduit catch basins, ditch erosion protection and construction of four new soccer fields. Work is expected to begin in July 2022.

— David Scheurer

Source: The Canton Repository