FREEPORT

Seeing is understanding — that’s the idea behind Wednesday’s site review of outdoor track lighting at Falmouth High School by the Freeport Project Review Board.

Freeport High School won voter approval for a new track and field plus nighttime lighting in a Jan. 10 referendum. Freeport voters carried the vote, which calls for a $4 million eight-lane track. Voters in Pownal and Durham, the two other towns making up Regional School Unit 5, rejected the proposal.

Freeport Town Planner Donna Larson said if the lights at Freeport are to be 70 or 80 feet tall, it’s easier to see how tall that actually is by looking at outdoor lights that are that height. The Feb. 1 viewing of Falmouth High’s track will give a “sample of lighting similar to what will be included with the proposal for the RSU 5 Track and Field Project,” a town posting states.

The visit is set for Falmouth, a high school equipped with outdoor lighting for night games.

The site walk begins at 5:30 p.m. at Falmouth High.

“It’s supposed to be dark so they can see them when they’re on,” said Larson.

The Freeport Project Review Board will review on Feb. 8 its thoughts on the site visit. The new eight-lane track and athletic fields may be ready for the fall sports teams.

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