Mud boggers force MD to build fences

Foothills MD councillors voted last week to fence off soccer fields near Heritage Pointe and look at options for other fields to prevent people from being able to drive on them.

On April 23 MD council approved putting up a fence around the soccer fields at the Lake at Heritage Pointe.

The move comes after recent where people driving trucks and ATV damaged soccer fields and baseball diamonds in a number of areas in the MD, including Cayley and Heritage Pointe and Blackie.

Jeff Porter, MD agricultural fieldman, said the fence is necessary to protect the Heritage Pointe field from further damage.

We cant allow that kind of damage to be happening to that facility, he said. It hasnt really been open for use yet and already theres damage occurring.

Porter estimated the fence will cost about $17,000 to put up and said construction on the fences will be done in about three weeks.

An access road to the site already has a fence on it, but the field is not fenced.

Soon after receiving a report about the Cayley incident, Porter saw the suspect driving his truck down Cayley Road and was able to pull the driver over.

Porter estimated the damage at Cayley to be around $1,500.

The MD has referred the incident at the Cayley field to the RCMP for investigation and it is seeking charges in the matter.

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Mud boggers force MD to build fences