Two separate projects to improve sports fields and outdoor recreation facilities in the city’s north end are now moving forward. One of those projects is a roughly $2 million upgrade to the North End Field Little League complex at 234 Britannia St. That facility currently includes fields used by the Jack Barry and Ed Walsh leagues, which combined to form Meriden Little League. The other project, northwest of the existing fields, will convert a neighboring full-size basketball court into a half-court with the addition of a new playground next to it. In October 2021, Meriden Public Schools officials announced the complex would be among a group of athletic fields in the city that would be upgraded with new turf surfaces, through the school district’s American Rescue Plan Act monies. It is being funded through $1.8 million of the school district’s ARPA funds, along with another $400,000 from the city, Grove explained. Officials expect contractors to begin the field reconstruction work in April.
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