Go-ahead given for ball field

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Mayor Stout: the township hopes to find a contractor sometime this summer

Cranbury Township hopes to pick someone this summer to build its long-awaited Babe Ruth League baseball field.

Almost a year after completing soil remediation on arsenic found at the site, next to the Cranbury School, the Township Committee received a no-further-action letter from the state Department of Environmental Protection in April and can begin work on the field, committee members said Monday.

The letter could revitalize an effort that began in 2002 when plans for the field were delayed because high levels of arsenic were found at the Wright South property.

In January 2006, the committee approved a $200,000 bond ordinance to pay for the field, but progress on the field's construction remained stagnant while the township awaited an NFA letter, which would certify that the soil was no longer contaminated.

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