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Sports field feared unsafe
Uneven surface at Ruyant Crescent park not aided by doughnuts on the field, says deputy mayor

Sarah Ladik
Northern News Services
Thursday, July 28, 2016

INUVIK
The shortcomings with the park on Ruyant Crescent were highlighted at a town council meeting July 11.

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The sports field on Ruyant Crescent is so uneven it is hardly usable. The park is the only outdoor sports facility available. - Sarah Ladik/NNSL photo

"My kids were playing in the park and I looked over and thought it was looking uneven," said deputy mayor Steven Baryluk, adding that the lumps and bumps were likely to turn ankles and prevent people from actually using it for sports, a situation he said was made worse by someone in a vehicle doing doughnuts that further tore up the surface.

The park is the only outdoor sports facility available since the new East Three School was built and displaced another outdoor sports facility. According to senior administrative officer Grant Hood, the deal with the GNWT at the time was that the government would replace all those various sports fields and courts in the space left by the demolition of Sir Alexander Mackenzie School, between Jim Koe Park and the Midnight Sun Complex. The action items list in the council package from July 11 suggests the unconfirmed cost estimate would be in the realm of $300,000.

The GNWT was not able to provide information on the matter before press time.

Baryluk said he used to play pick-up games of soccer and the odd game of ultimate Frisbee but that since the one field in town has fallen into disrepair, that hasn't been an option.

"It looks pretty straightforward, we just have to make sure it stays on the agenda," he said.

"It would be good to see that kind of facility again."

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