MONTVALE—Field renovations completed at Pascack Hills High School in 2017 have created long-term soil erosion problems that have damaged an athletic field and track, says a lawsuit filed by Pascack Valley Regional High School District.
The lawsuit, filed in March in Superior Court, Hackensack, charges Environetics Group Architects, Boswell Engineering and Rochelle Contracting Co., Inc. were all involved in specific ways with the botched renovation work.
Rochelle Contracting supplied labor and materials for improvements to an upper athletic field.
Environetics and Boswell were responsible for drafting plans for the project, including bleachers, landscaping, and field grading and drainage to prevent runoff and soil erosion impacts.
The suit alleges that water runoff underneath the new bleachers “caused dirt, mud and debris to run off” and damage the new track and new turf fields.
Despite Environetics hiring a consultant to recommend a solution, the lawsuit charges that the field and track were still damaged.
The suit says Environetics and Boswell failed to create a design to allow water to drain properly and that Rochelle Contracting failed to identify errors that led to the problems.
The suit asks for reimbursement of legal fees, though no specific dollar amount is cited for the track and field damages.
We reached out to the businesses named and the school district but did not hear back by press time. The district is closed until Monday, April 25.