Edmonds Park is getting picked up and dusted off to match its neighbour, the spiffy new Edmonds Community Centre.
Burnaby council approved more than $700,000 for continued construction of the park at a recent meeting. The budget spent to date has been $944,692, according to a city staff report.
The funding is coming out of the 2013 annual capital budget, which will allow the redevelopment process to continue at Edmonds Park through the fall and spring.
The current budget and present request is $1.6 million, and remaining work is budgeted at $1.8 million.
Redevelopment changes include a multi-use plaza near the centre, facing the park, informal gathering spaces by way of seating nodes, a speaker podium and a pergola, a playground, pathway lighting, drinking fountains and more.
Work that has already been completed includes the tennis courts and fencing, sport court and prep work.
North of the plaza, the green lawn spaces of the park open up and are surrounded by a walking circuit, lined with park benches, lighting and drinking fountains.
The green spaces are intended for informal play and picnic areas and space for summer camps.
A large, district-level playground will be part of the “active zone” with separate components for preschool-age children, according to the report.
Most of the mature trees will be preserved, and new trees will be planted throughout the park, along pathways and near the streets.
The first phase of reconstruction started along Elwell Street in 2011.
