Coquitlam considers steeper charges for artificial turf use as city mulls $15-million funding gap – Tri-Cities Dispatch

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Coquitlam considers steeper charges for artificial turf use as city mulls $15-million funding gap – Tri-Cities Dispatch

photo supplied City of Coquitlam It was a field-and-funding-stream conversation. Facing projected $15.9 million sports field funding gap over the next decade, Coquitlam should introduce fees on artificial turf fields, said Coun. Brent Asmundson. “We are responsible to make sure we lessen the burden on our taxpayer,” Asmundson said. While there’s no barrier for grass fields, artificial turf fields, “are booked over 90 percent of the time by sport…