County Board Set to OK Park-Improvement Projects

Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:36 am

County Board Set to OK Park-Improvement Projects 0 comments

County Board members are expected to approve more than $83,000 in funding Jan. 21 for the latest round of support for the Park Enhancement Grant program.

The nine projects to be funded were proposed by the Park and Recreation Commission, and have the support of the county staff.

Funding for the projects ranges from $2,497 to $14,888.

Projects in the latest round of funding include landscaping of the I-395/Arlington Ridge Road intersection; invasive-plant removal at Zachary Taylor Park; redesign of the main entrance to the Shirlington Community Canine Area; invasive-plant removal, installation of a kiosk and production of a park map for Bluemont Park; installation of benches and picnic tables at the site of the former Westover Library; removal of invasive plants, installation of boulders, construction of a new bridge and creation of a nature-discovery area at Long Branch Nature Center; installation of a bike rack, benches, bat houses and educational plaques at Prospect Hill Park; translation of the history of Buckingham Village into Spanish; and installation of boulders at Fort Scott Park.

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