The property, located in the area between Whiting Hill Road and Carnival Hill, is owned by the town of Wilton. The land is partially situated in Milford and Lyndeborough, however, and the project must gain approval from all three towns' planning boards in order to go forward. Wilton and Milford have already granted the project preliminary approval, leaving Lyndeborough the only town left to view the plans. Graves, a five-year Wilton resident whose son plays junior baseball, said he hopes the playing fields will foster a better environment for the young athletes of Wilton and Lyndeborough. To make the best use of space, the area comprising the baseball diamonds can also be used as a soccer field.
Plans also call for the relocation of a dirt road away from the center of the field.
To accommodate vehicles, plans call for an 84-space parking lot to be located in Wilton. The fields will contain as few permanent elements as possible, Graves said. For example, the bleachers will be the aluminum folding kind that can be moved or stacked during the off-season. Also, the plans call for no additional lighting or irrigation. Because the fields are the property of Wilton, that town's selectmen will maintain control of the fields at all times, Wilton Selectman David Glines told the Wilton Planning Board, according to the meeting's minutes.