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Lebanon parks staff outline multiple project timelines: trails, pickleball courts, pier and demolition quotes
Summary
Parks staff updated the Lebanon Board of Park Commissioners on trail paving, Midland Trail planning, pickleball courts, a fishing pier punch list, Big 4 trailhead work paused for utilities, and demolition quotes for 312 Thompson Street; several projects are close to completion while others remain unfunded.
Kevin Krulich updated the board on several park projects and timelines, including paved trails, pickleball courts nearing completion, maintenance training, and a demolition quote for a city-owned house.
Krulich said the trail on Fordyce Road “has, as of today, has been completely paved from East Street all the way out to John Bart Road,” and that the school paved from John Bart Road to 150 North. He said crews found poor asphalt between Park and Grant and expect pavement work on the road to finish in about three weeks even though the trail is already paved.
Krulich reported the city has executed maintenance and operation contracts with INDOT for wayfinding signage and is continuing planning work on the Midland Trail study. He said the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association provided trail maintenance training at Stoneater on May 8, which “improved the drainage performance of those trails significantly.”
On courts, Krulich said asphalt work and grading for new pickleball courts have been completed and the contractor was on site to install net bases and prepare for court coatings. “Lighting is up at Memorial Park,” he said, and staff planned to open the Memorial Park courts to public use around the 28th of the month, with the Abner Longley courts about two weeks later.
Krulich said the Abner Longley Park fishing pier punch-list items are expected to be finished “between the ninth and the twelfth” once parts arrive. Work at the Big 4 trailhead on Sam Ralston Road is paused because of utility construction tied to the LEAP District; staff completed a porta-led enclosure and plan temporary sidewalk connections to improve access until utility work and parking reconstruction finish.
Staff reported receiving a fourth installment from the CVB, bringing donations to $100,000, and said staff would seek quotes from trail-building contractors to support maintenance this year. Krulich also said demolition quotes for 312 Thompson Street were coming in well under prior estimates — he cited a quote around $45,000 versus an earlier estimate of $75,000 — and that a final recommendation will go to the board of works.
Board members asked staff to look into a mid-block crosswalk by the soccer fields on Maple Drive; Krulich said the parks department and DPW could evaluate options and provide a cost estimate at the next meeting.
