Next Long Beach accessible playground under construction at Colorado Lagoon

Long Beach

Work has begun to renovate and upgrade the playground astatine the Colorado Lagoon park.

Money was acceptable speech for the task much than 2 years ago, but operation was delayed done 2020 and astir of 2021 chiefly owed to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Public Works spokesperson Joy Contreras, the fund is $638,000, with $150,000 from Measure A wealth and the remainder from Tidelands superior funds.

“I americium thrilled that this task is yet becoming a reality,” said Councilwoman Suzie Price, whose Third District includes the area. “I had the imaginativeness to regenerate the playground respective years agone and since then, we person been going done the budgeting and support process.”

All of the existing play instrumentality volition beryllium removed and replaced nether the 14-foot-tall canopy. The caller instrumentality volition see a plaything acceptable connected the eastbound broadside of the playground with 4 swings, including 2 loop swings, 1 tot plaything and 1 accessible swing.

The playground is 100 feet agelong and 36 feet wide. It volition beryllium resurfaced with a permeable pour-in-place coating with sand, resulting successful a larger rubber play aboveground that volition beryllium usable rapidly aft rain, according to a Public Works release.

There besides volition beryllium improvements astir the playground. A caller backless, tiered formation operation volition beryllium added northbound of the playground equipment. Even though it is made of concrete, it isn’t designed to beryllium imperishable and could beryllium removed easily, according to Contreras.

The parkland presently has 18 picnic tables — each volition person a caller overgarment of overgarment and damaged pads repaired. There besides volition beryllium caller ADA-accessible factual picnic tables. Once done, determination volition beryllium 20 tables available.

“It’s going to beryllium a fantastic caller abstraction and the caller equipment, including the caller picnic tables, are going to truly measurement up the look and consciousness of this fantastic park,” Price said.

Continuing the taxable of making the country wholly ADA accessible, a factual way gathering ADA requirements volition beryllium added to the restroom and to the playground from the parking lot. The way from the playground to the lagoon volition beryllium replaced arsenic well.

No trees volition beryllium impacted during construction, the Public Works merchandise said. The country has been fenced disconnected during construction.

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