There is a rumor working its way through the grapevine that QVRA is attempting to bring electrical power onto Bouchard Park in order to "sneak" field lighting onto the fields.

There are plans to bring electric power to the site.  In our current Phase 1A, there will be some limited power brought to the site but the majority of the electric access work will be performed in Phase 1B.

There are (3) reasons we require electric power on the site:

• Provide street lighting on the interior perimeter road once that is completed.  This is a borough ordinance we are required to fulfill.  Please click here for more information on the type of street lights we will use.
• Provide electricity to the concession stand, the maintenance building, pavilions and the visitor reception building once constructed.
• Provide electricity to certain fields for scoreboards and lighting.

Though our plans are designed to physically permit lighting on 1, maybe 2 fields on the site, we have not yet detailed any field lighting work for the project.  We will create specific designs when we raise the funds for such an expenditure and then present to the Bell Acres Borough Council.  Rest assured, there is much work that needs to be done before we reach that stage of the project.

There have been some very progressive advancements in the design of field lighting over the past decade.  The idea is to cast light directly on the field of play in such a way as to greatly reduce the amount of residual lighting that would be cast on the surrounding area.  Our plans to limit the impact of field lighting on neighboring properties were incorporated into the original design.  For example, we will be planting numerous trees across the non-field playing areas and the perimeter of the park.  As they grow, they will help contain the lighting on the site.  Additionally, the fields we would like to light are located on the interior portion of the site and we positioned them there deliberately with this issue in mind.  As we get closer to this future phase of the project, we will fully explore all the options available to limit the effect of any field lighting.