The City of Burlington is renewing the playground at Leighland Park (1200 Leighland Road) in Spring 2020.
Proposed Improvements
The proposed improvements include:
- The replacement of existing playground equipment and swings
- The installation of new engineered safety surfacing around the playground and swings
- The expansion of playground perimeter and length of asphalt path
- Additional seating
- Tree planting around playground perimeter.
Since the park amenities are currently closed due to the City of Burlington’s COVID-19 emergency procedures, we ask that you continue to respect the closures for the health and safety of your family and neighbours, city employees and contractors working in the park. If emergency measures are lifted during park construction, the playground area will remain closed and fenced off with signs posted. Thank you in advance for your cooperation during construction.
Love My Playground! Survey – thank you for your input
In 2019, the City conducted a ‘Love My Playground’ survey to get the public's feedback about the types of equipment they'd like to see at local playgrounds when the equipment is replaced in 2020 and 2021. Thank you to everyone who completed the survey, including the many children and caregivers who provided great feedback.
Survey results showed the most desired play equipment features for Leighland Park were:
- curved triple slide
- metal roller slide (not avail)
- standard monkey bars
- overhead glider
- stepping pods
- ground level music panel
Your input inspired the playground designers when deciding which pieces of play equipment to include in your new local playground. Most of the play equipment features identified above from the survey results will be included as part of Leighland Park’s new playground.
View a rendering of the improvements to the Leighland Park playground
(colours may vary)
Next Steps
|
Project Milestone |
Timing |
|
Design work |
Complete |
|
Tender for a construction contractor |
Complete |
|
Burlington City Council approval of 2020 capital budget |
Dec. 19, 2019 |
|
Construction begins |
End of May-beginning June 2020 |
|
Completion of construction |
August 2020* |
*due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the production and service delays in the construction industry, this completion date may be affected.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Kim Napier
Project Manager, Capital Works
City of Burlington
Tel. 905-335-7600, ext. 7900
email: kim.napier@burlington.ca