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Maintenance division outlines capital work: $5M paving, playground and pool rehabs, tree program and new field of tech pilots
Summary
Consolidated maintenance reported completed capital projects in 2024 including about $5 million in paving, playground replacements, pool rehabilitation and expanded tree work; staff described pilot autonomous electric mowers and a new digital work-order system.
Phil Luckett, speaking for the consolidated maintenance division, gave the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation an annual update on Jan. 7 detailing capital projects completed in 2024 and near-term operational improvements.
Luckett said maintenance oversees roughly 16,000 acres, 178 parks and more than 100 miles of greenway, and that the division completed dozens of capital projects last year. "We spent about $5,000,000 last year in paving," he told the board, and highlighted major paving and greenway restorations, playground replacements at multiple parks, an extensive pool rehabilitation project and ongoing work on historic structures.
Why it matters: the division is addressing a backlog of deferred maintenance across the park system, work that affects park safety, accessibility and long-term costs. Luckett also described programmatic changes intended to increase efficiency —…
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