Saturday, August 11, 2007 | 12:25 AM

On the Agenda: Cricket, anyone?

Heritage Park may get a new multi-purpose athletic field if the Canton Board of Trustees approves the project on Tuesday night.

The plan is to create a regulation-sized field to accommodate football, lacrosse, soccer and cricket.

Ann Conklin, director of leisure services, told me on Friday that cricket fans especially have been asking for a place to play. Right now, they use the outfields at the Canton Sports Center.

One thinks the need must be great, when the Michigan Cricket Association has agreed to pay $6,502 to build a concrete pitch in order to help keep the township’s costs down. The contribution doesn’t give the association any priority or exclusive rights to use the field, though. Leisure Services will handle the scheduling.

The township would spend $26,204.32 to build the park on the west end of the park, over soccer field #8 and some adjoining open space.

There are more details available for download as part of the trustee meeting agenda packet, which can be found here. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the township administration building.

We’ll have a complete story for next Thursday’s Eagle.

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