Progress Being Made On Roosevelt Island Octagon Soccer Field Artificial Turf Resurfacing - Planned Opening At The End Of July
Last January the Roosevelt Island Board of Directors (RIOC) approved a plan to resurface the Octagon Soccer Field with artificial turf. Work began when the weather got warmer and after an unfortunate incident involving the mistaken removal of some area trees it looks like real progress is being made on the Octagon Soccer Field artificial turf resurfacing.
Francine Lange was walking by the area this morning,
took some pictures
and reports:
Despite an ongoing heat wave, a crew continued working on the Octagon Soccer Field resurfacing project on a recent July morning, scheduled for completion at the end of the month.UPDATE 5 PM - Received this image
and report concerning the extreme artificial turf temperatures at NYC Parks from Geoffrey Croft of NYC Park Advocates:
Surface temperatures taken at a dozen city parks yesterday reached more than 170 degrees, according to readings taken by NYC Park Advocates. Artificial turf fields came in at over 170 degrees, (image below) the highest temperature recorded in three years of monitoring. Temperatures on black rubber playground safety surfacing were recorded at over 160 degrees. By 9:15 am temperatures on artificial turf fields had reached over 140 degrees. All the temperature reading were taken before 12:00pm. Park users are advised to exercise extreme precautions in our city's playgrounds and artificial turf playing fields during this hot weather.Young children are particularly susceptible as it can take only two seconds to burn on solid surfaces greater than 140 degrees, according to doctors. Each year more than a dozen children are treated in the City's three burn centers for injuries suffered on playground safety surfacing....