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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times
Hal Maier with the Ridge Meadows Outdoors Club, a regular visitor to the Golden Ears Provincial Park north of Maple Ridge, was surprised at how many trees had been cut down in the picnic and dayuse area. Maria Rantanen/TIMES
Golden Ears
Park undergoes renos
The picnic area at Golden Ears park was last renovated in the 1970s. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
The picnic area at Golden Ears Regional Park is getting a serious face-lift – but it’s at the expense of a lot of trees. The southside parking lot for the picnic area is currently closed as BC Parks removes the picnic tables and improves the water system. In the picnic area, a large number of trees have been chopped down and the area will be resodded. According to Stu Burgess with SSG Holdings, the company that manages the park, the grass has barely been growing in the picnic area because of the heavy raindrops that fall from the trees – it has been bare dirt and almost gravel in the
dry summers, he said. The picnic area has not been renovated since the 1970s, and the work being done will level off the area, creating terraces. In addition, some of the drainage problems at the park will be mitigated. All the picnic tables have been removed and will be replaced by concrete ones and the wheelchair access will be improved so that it is less steep, Burgess said. The improvements are being paid for by BC Parks as part of their capital projects, and they are aiming to be finished by the end of October or beginning of November. Many of the trees were overgrown and had obscured the view of the lake, Burgess said. “[The renovations] will open things up – it’ll be a lot nicer with the new grass,” Burgess said. “I think it will be a big improvement.” • More online at www.mrtimes.com
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