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Council approves Arens Brook Park schematic design, directs staff to incorporate additional seating and shade
Summary
Council approved the schematic design for Arens Brook Park, which includes a comfort station, playgrounds, dog run, parking and a forested trail with boardwalks over wetlands. Council requested additional benches, shade and consideration of an enclosed play area and noted a future greenway connection.
Raleigh City Council approved the schematic design for Arens Brook Park on Tuesday and asked parks staff to incorporate more benches, shade trees and to evaluate whether the primary playground should have a contained perimeter for caregiver sightlines.
Parks capital projects manager Dee Gall described the project as a roughly $7 million build from the adopted 2017 master plan and said construction is expected to begin in 2027. Joe Pong, the landscape architect for the project, presented the schematic: a primary entrance off Leesville Road, a parking area…
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