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Nueces County details $2.5 million Ortiz Park improvements, historical review to begin
Summary
County officials said $2.5 million in ARPA funds will pay for ADA-compliant restrooms, a covered shade area, ADA parking connections and replacement of a one-mile walking track at Ortiz Park; the Texas Historical Commission has flagged the site for an antiquities review and an investigation is scheduled to begin.
Nueces County officials on the commissioners court said they are moving forward with roughly $2,500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to upgrade Ortiz Park, a regional park serving Robstown, Calallen and surrounding rural areas.
County Inland Parks staff and the project architect told the court the work will replace noncompliant restrooms with ADA-compliant facilities, add a covered shade area adjacent to the new restrooms, provide sidewalk connections to accessible parking and replace the existing one-mile walking track rather than patching it. The project team also said it will carefully relocate an existing park plaque now mounted on restrooms slated…
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