By Corey Fischer

Dog Park Gets Upgrade

Dec 22, 2017 | 4:07 PM

Upgrades to the popular Mutrie Road Dog park in the regional district are almost complete.

RDNO says the construction security fence has come down, and park users can now use the expanded parking lot.

There is also a new dog refuge area as you enter the park which is intended to give dogs and their owners a chance to more calmly enter or exit the park one at a time.

The main walking paths have had 15 centimetres of mulch added to reduce mud.

The mulch material came from RDNO’s Regional Yard Waste Composting Facility at the Greater Vernon Recycling and Disposal Facility. It is expected that this material will help reduce the amount of mud in the park.

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Mike Macnabb, RDNO’s Area C Director says, “The cold weather in December did not hold us off from completing the upgrades that the park users have asked for. I am pleased with the changes to this Electoral Area B and C park and look forward to the final touches. This is a very well used dog park and we are pleased to make it even easier and more pleasant to use.”

The parking lot has been expanded and now has 20 parking stalls on hard packed and sloped gravel to prevent pot holes and ponding water. Each parking stall has a yellow wheel stop to help users know where to park. Parking is now perpendicular to Mutrie Road instead of parallel.

Only one tree had to be removed, which could not be replanted due to root rot. Relocating a bench and general cleanup of the area was also completed. It is expected that due to the earlier work done on the drainage ditches along Mutrie Road that water ponding beside the parking lot will no longer occur.

The main walking paths were upgraded with six inches of a

Two vehicle gates have been added for use only by the park maintenance contractors. Park name, instruction signage and a notice board will be installed as soon as weather and time permits.

“The improvements to the parking lot will make a big different to access and convenience for park users,” says Bob Fleming, Area B Director and Chair of the RDNO Board of Directors. “We also hope to add more of the features the public has asked for including benches, trees, potable water, and a connection to other nearby walking trails”.

by Corey Fischer