The park behind the new Police Station will have a multi-use hard court, a spray park and play structures for children.
Town Councilors approved plans to upgrade the park behind the new Watertown Police Station Tuesday night even as a group of neighbors pleaded to take out the hard court area included in the project. Discussions about the 552 Main Street Park, which used to be known as the Browne School Playground, started in October 2010, and plans have changed since then, said Recreation Director Peter Centola. Some features disappeared, such as a street hockey rink, while others were added, including the water spray area. The hard court area, which can be used for basketball and a number of other things, was added to the plan and made it to the final plan. Other additions include a gazebo, a picnic area, new landscaping and replacement of the fence on …
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The plans call for a multi-use court and a spray park at the former Browne School playground, along with a kids play structure and picnic area.
An architect revealed the latest plans for the renovation of the park behind the new Police Station to the Town Council Tuesday night, and neighbors were not happy with what they heard. The park at 552 Main Street used to be the playing fields at Browne School, but have been turned into a park since the Police Station was built in the site of the former school. The field at the park is used for T-ball games, and that will continue. The plans also call for a kiddie playground, or tot-lot, a spray park and a paved court, which can be used for a number of sports, said Glen Howard, of CDM Smith design firm. “Courts were eliminated and a play structure was eliminated as part of the construction of the Police Station,” Howard said. Along with …
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9:03 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
Gary M I think we are then in agreement with respect to my overall point. We need to manage projects better before they start(and during)(not just with respect to the Park&Rec Dept, this was sited due to the context of this article). I can't say much about the Library(or Police Station)as I was offline during that period. Of course there will be overruns and some delays(my understanding of VF was… more ›