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Confederation Park to get new playground

City OK's $295K for North Burnaby park, along with 180K for city tennis courts

Confederation Park is having its playground replaced, after Burnaby council approved $295,000 in funding for the project at Monday night's council meeting.

Furniture and shade structures will be added near the spray pool and playground, according to a staff report, and the play courts and walkways will be upgraded.

Resistant rubber surfacing will also be added at the playground.

Another parks project to be funded from the city's capital reserves is the repaving of portions of the Cameron Recreation Centre and Burnaby Lake Sports Complex parking lots, as well as the access road for the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course, estimated to cost $725,000.

The tennis courts at Stoney Creek and Keswick parks are being resurfaced, fencing is being replaced and the parks department is reviewing new surfacing techniques for the Central Park tennis courts, for a total cost of $180,000.

Slit cover drainage will be installed at Kensington Park playing fields one through four, at a cost of $150,000.

And improvements are planned for the city's park trails, at a cost is $100,000.

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