[Durham INC] Old North Durham Park Construction Set to Begin

[Hornkohl, Dana]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

News Media Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov 

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For Immediate Release: January 9, 2013

 

 

Old North Durham Park Construction Set to Begin

January 17 Public Meeting Scheduled to Explain Project Impacts

 

DURHAM, N.C. - Users of the City of Durham's Old North Durham Park
should take note that construction is set to begin next month, which
will close the park until August and impact vehicle traffic around the
park.

 

Old North Durham Park, located at 310 W. Geer St., will soon be
receiving some much-needed infrastructure improvements with the
installation of new and replacement storm drainage pipes as well as
storm drainage structures within the park and along Foster Street
between the Central Park School for Children and the intersection of
Foster and West Geer streets.  

 

Improvements will also be made to the athletic field, including
re-grading for better drainage, the addition of soil amendments, the
installation of sod on the 310' x 170' athletic/multi-use field, and the
installation of an irrigation system. New site amenities will include a
paved sidewalk into the park from Foster Street, a new drinking
fountain, new trash receptacles, and new trees at the periphery of the
field to replace existing trees that will be removed during
construction.

 

Construction is set to begin in early February, which will close the
park until August, and result in partial lane closures on portions of
Foster Street and West Geer Street until early March as the new storm
drainage pipes are installed. By mid-summer the improvements within the
park should be completed, but the park will need to remain closed until
August to allow for the grow-in period for the new sod on the athletic
field.

 

To help further explain the planned construction and the vehicle traffic
impacts, a public information meeting has been scheduled for Thursday,
January 17, 2013, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the N.C. Cooperative
Extension-Durham County Center in the large conference room, located at
721 Foster St.

 

All of these park improvements are in accordance with the January 17,
2012 City Council Resolution establishing the renovations and uses of
Old North Durham Park.

 

For more information about the project, including updates as the
construction progresses, contact Project Managers Dana Hornkohl with the
City's Public Works Department at (919) 560-4326, ext. 30246, Marilee
Martin with the City's General Services Department at (919) 560-4197,
ext. 21285, or visit the City's website at 
http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/op/pwd/consproj/Pages/SD-2012-05.aspx.

 

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