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New trails and parks facilities are coming to Middlesex Township Community Park in the near future.
Township manager Adam Hartwig said that construction began at the beginning of last week on a six-foot-wide paved asphalt trail loop.
The trail is being built through Holbein Construction of Sarver and will be fully ADA accessible. It circles around Middlesex Township Community Park, located behind the Middlesex municipal building at 133 Browns Hill Road.
“They paused work right now because it is too wet, but we are expecting they will start up the beginning of next week because we have off-and-on rain, and it is very weather-dependent,” Hartwig said. “They have the new rotation of the trail excavated and have it backfilled with stone. It shouldn't take them more than a week to pave.”
The township will conduct a ribbon-cutting on Nov. 20 in conjunction with its Turkey Trot event.
“Instead of doing admission fees, we will ask people to bring nonperishable items to donate to the food bank for the upcoming holiday season to help replenish that,” Hartwig said. “That idea came out of the Parks and Recreation Committee, and the logistical planning of what events (we can) do and how we can do it came out of there as well.”
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee was formed in early October after being proposed over the summer. The advisory committee is made up of five local residents, and reports to the board of supervisors to provide recommendations and develop plans for new updates to the park.
Future upgrades
Hartwig said the township is also working to look into purchasing a new pavilion for the park.
“It will hold a minimum of 100 people,” he said. “We would like to hopefully be able to order that this winter, so we can install it next year.”
Also on the docket for potential projects next year is a new poured concrete restroom building that would be outdoors in the park.
“It's very similar to what they have at Preston Park in Butler Township and in Moraine State Park,” Hartwig said. “We want to try and put a nice product out there that is also vandalism proof and easily maintained.”
Hartwig is looking forward to moving ahead with the projects as soon as possible.
“It's going to be great,” Hartwig said. “We're really excited about it, and excited to give the residents a park to come recreate at and new facilities to be able to use.”
