City of Wayne issued the following announcement on Aug. 13.
Earlier this year, the City reported that the play structure at Atwood Park was going to be replaced in the early spring or summer. Unfortunately, COVID-19 created some significant delays with this project. The play structure removal and build is being paid for with grant funding and in order to follow the grant guidelines, the City and the County (providing the funding) has to go through a formal bid process. Once a bid is accepted, the City and County will work with the selected contractor to schedule the project timeline.
Sadly, many projects were delayed this year due to the social distancing requirements and many of the executive orders the Governor put in place regarding construction. Therefore, the project has been delayed until recently. Here is the latest:
1. The City and County will showing the property to interested contractors who specialize in playscape buildouts next week. This is a mandatory walk-thru as part of the bidding process.
2. The County has issued the bid requests which are due by the end of August.
3. Once the bids are back, the City will work with Wayne County on selecting a contractor since we are using grant funds that run through the County.
4. Once the contractor is chosen, the City and County will work with them to schedule the removal of the current structure and the replacement structure timeline.
It is still the City's goal to have this completed in 2020.
As for the fencing and other maintenance, the Department of Public Works has removed all of the spindles around the fence line in preparation for the demolition of the current structure. The spindles have names of individuals, families and organizations who supported the Atwood Playscape when it was erected and those spindles are available at the Department of Public Works should anyone want to acquire a spindle(s), please contact the DPW and they will make the necessary arrangements with you. The upper and lower portions of the fence will be removed in the very near future.
Secondly, trees are going to need to be removed in order to fit the specs of the new play scape. A contractor will be onsite in the near future to remove those trees and others that may be hanging over the play structure area.
We understand that the current playscape is unsightly and in deplorable shape. The City is doing its best to maintain it until it is demolished and replaced. Please be patient with us as we work hard to get this project on track. The new playscape is going to be beautiful.
Thank you for your patience.
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Wayne
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