The cost of maintaining East Ayrshire’s artificial pitches is to double over the next 12 months.
East Ayrshire Council have estimated that renewal costs for 10 pitches will reach £1.8m over the next decade.
Andrew Kennedy, the council’s head of facilities, told councillors that the local authority had spent £50k maintaining its synthetic pitches last year, but expect to see it increase to £100k or more next year.
