[Note: We know the artificial turf field at Walter Johnson High School has been shredding for years.]
WASHINGTON — A turf battle unfolding in
California has raised questions about artificial turf fields installed
in Montgomery County.
The county school system has been contacted by lawyers in California
asking how artificial fields installed at three schools in 2009 and 2010
are holding up.
Attorneys Peter Lindborg and Irina
Mazor, with Lindborg & Mazor LLP, represent California school
districts in lawsuits alleging that artificial turf fields they bought
from FieldTurf USA are falling apart and that FieldTurf USA knowingly
installed an inferior product.
The suit involving Bret Harte Union High School District, Chaffey
Joint Union High School District and Crystal Springs Upland School
alleges FieldTurf misrepresented the quality of the turf and knew — or
should have known — the product would fail.
“What you’re looking at is fibers that break, fibers that split,
fibers that lay down and won’t get back up, so that you have a slick
smooth surface” instead of a field with fibers that stand up like real
grass, Lindborg says.
Further, Lindborg says, because of the splitting of the fibers, after
a rain “you will have clumps of busted artificial turf looking like
[mowed] grass on the edge of the field. Artificial turf doesn’t grow
back, last time I checked.”...
http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2016/03/turf-battle-in-california-leads-to-questions-in-montgomery-co/
It gives a whole new meaning to the expression, "The coast is toast."
ReplyDelete"Artificial turf doesn’t grow back, last time I checked.” You don't say Sherlock!
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