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Show . - ' :.. J l oi;i:i:iiii;,ii;,i;;niii, i:n . ,; .' -..--, ( j j V' N '' '' ' ' , v :iii:iiiiiiiiii!,r . I r- 4 I i . , , , in;. I ; ; . ' I Ijil I liQIii ! . irii- j! ! :! iM i ;---. ' ' r it; 1 ii 1 fct;;;;;i J l -i j ; !j j I I - ' i. 1 1 -c j . ! s ! . I s I X N ! I v I I s I , N ! V J - - D I 1 CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY. When com- Illustration shows promimity to existing I plete,SUSC;s new playing field area will include Thunderbird stadium. Top of illustration is I a regulation baseball field, two softball fields, north. Street at top is Center Street runnng east I practice football field and a 172-car parking lot. and west. I Playing Field Complex for SUSC I water," Kunz reported. "Using class "C" water will not only greatly save us money but will be a conservatory measure enabling us to use treated water rather than culinary water for irrigation i purposes," Kunz said. Current construction on the corner of 800 West Center Street marks the beginning of final phases of development to incorporate in-corporate the area from 800 to 1150 West as a complex of playing fields for Southern Utah State College. The project also includes installment in-stallment of sprinkling systems which will enable about two-thirds two-thirds of the SUSC campus to be irrigated using treated water from the Cedar City sewage processing plant. When complete, the area will contain a regulation baseball field complete with dugouts and . backstop, two softball fields and a regulation football practice field. The entire area, including the existing Thunderbird Stadium, will be serviced by a centrally located 172-car parking lot. Improvement of the peripheral road west of the stadium is also scheduled as part of the development project, Merrill B. Kunz, physical plant operator, notes. ' "Construction will be completed com-pleted by this summer," Kunz said, "and the SUSC baseball team should be using the regulation diamond for RMAC competition a year from this spring." Contractor for the project is Millcreek Gardens, Salt Lake City. Architects are Maas and Grassli, Ogden. Final grading is being done on the field now; rough grading was done earlier by area contractors, much of it on a donation basis. Development plans include provisions for sbdding, sidewalks, curb and gutter, and sprinkling systems. Kunz notes that an eight-inch water feeder line will be installed in the playing field area and simultaneously run' up to the current practice football field in the middle campus area. "When the system goes into operation we will be able to sprinkle about two-thirds of the campus area with treated |
