Artificial turf plan for Edmonton facilities booted around at committee

Artificial turf would give Edmonton athletes about 50 per cent more playing hours and can lengthen the season by 10 weeks, city officials said Tuesday as councillors debated replacing grass fields. 
But each converted field costs about $2 million and the field needs to be replaced every eight to 10 years at a cost of $750,000. 
“Regular grass can be a very difficult surface to begin using in the spring, continue using in the fall and to participate on when there’s no rain a