PARKS & RECREATION
City Council approves Phase 3 of Brazos River Park contract The third phase of the Brazos River Park project is moving forward after Sugar Land City Council approved a $1.1 million construction contract for the project at its Aug. 2 meeting. The third and final phase of the project will include a pavilion, pedestrian crossings, concrete trails, new landscaping and irrigation, according to city documents. “The project focuses on a awarded the contract after being identified by the city’s architectural firm as the lowest responsible bidder. Gadberry, which has offices in Houston and Dallas, has com- pleted six similar projects, according to meeting presentation documents. The bid included the costs of site grading; the removal and instal- lation of concrete sidewalks; the installation of a pavilion; the instal- lation of site furnishings, including picnic tables, benches, bike racks BY LAURA ROBB
PARK IMPROVEMENTS With Phase 3 of the Brazos River Park improvements moving forward, residents can expect several new features in the area.
with existing trail systems. Proposition 1, which failed, would have covered $18.54 million to fund a 65-acre community park. All of the other bond projects, including a new connector road to Brazos River Park, have been completed, according to meeting documents. Material testing for the third phase of the Brazos River Park proj- ect will cost another $12,342 with a 5% contingency fund of $53,288, bringing the total project budget to $1.13 million. This phase of the project orig- inally included the supply and installation of $332,592 worth of playground equipment; however, budget constraints are forcing the staff to table that element of the project until a future date, per meeting documents. The project’s design was completed in April. Construction should begin in mid-September and end in March 2023. Construction should not impact residents or
• Pavilion • Pedestrian crossings • Concrete trails
• New
landscaping
• Irrigation
Cost: $1.13 million Timeline: mid-September 2022- March 2023 Funding source: city of Sugar Land
picnic pavilion and picnic tables underneath the pavilion, which will provide shade at the site,” said Joe Chesser, Sugar Land’s director of parks and recreation, during a meeting presentation. “[It will also include] walkway connections, which will also allow for things like food trucks and entertainers to come up into [the] area where the pavilion is and get them off of the main road so we can keep the road access open even while we have events going on.” Gadberry Construction was
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and grills; and landscaping and irrigation. The project’s construc- tion will cost $1.06 million and will be funded by the city’s 2013 parks bond, which included three proposi- tions—only two of which passed. Proposition 2 included $21.3 million and consisted of addi- tional work to the Brazos River Park project and a festival site. Proposi- tion 3 was $10.16 million and called for the implementation of a network of about 10 miles of trails that will serve to interconnect neighborhoods
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affect the use of the neighboring disc golf course, according to meeting documents.
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