City resurfaces playground at Historic Fourth Ward Park after surface began to peel

Resident, identified only as a resident who spoke during the meeting, said the City of Atlanta has replaced the playground surface at Historic Fourth Ward Park after it began to peel and become uneven. "Historic Fourth Ward Park has a fantastic playground but gets a lot of use and, I noticed about a year ago that the playground surface started to peel up across it and wasn't as level as it once was," the resident said.

The resident said discretionary infrastructure bond dollars were used for the project and that the parks department provided matching funds to complete the work. "We have some discretionary infrastructure bond dollars that could be put to use in parks like this and talked to the parks department, they put up some matching funds and we we got it done," the resident said.

The resurfacing replaced worn pour-in-place rubber that the resident said had been affected by heavy daily use from Old Fourth Ward residents and visitors to the Atlanta BeltLine. The resident said the new surface is "fantastic" and recounted hearing a parent praise the upgrade during a recent visit: "I overheard a parent the other day commenting on how great it was that the city put down a new service in the playground, so I know it's being appreciated."

The speaker did not provide a completion date, contract details, or a total project cost; those details were not specified in the remarks. The account in the meeting indicates the work addressed wear and safety concerns at a playground heavily used by children and BeltLine visitors.