Your Parks: Park Improvements

Cavendish Park is open.
Construction is complete and the park is now open for use.

Thank you for your cooperation in ensuring that the park is a safe place for everyone to enjoy.

The improved park includes:

• Removal of the existing ball diamond (backstop, fencing, player benches and infield)
• Installation of new asphalt and concrete surfacing seating area
• Installation of metal shade tables, site furnishings, benches, and stone seating walls.
• Application of painted line games on asphalt at seating area
• Regrading and surface drainage improvements and sod placement
• Path surfacing improvements

New tree plantings

Pinemeadown Park is open.
Construction is complete and the park is now open for use.

Thank you for your cooperation in ensuring that the park is a safe place for everyone to enjoy.

The improved park includes:

• Replacement of playground equipment and swings
• Installation of engineered wood fibre surfacing
• Installation of new drainage system at playground and swing areas
• New concrete perimeter curbing and new concrete transition curbs for accessibility into playground and swing areas
• New asphalt walkway connection from street to playground (barrier-free)
• New armourstone retaining/seating wall
• New soccer goal posts
• Installation of site furnishings, signage and entrance bollard
• New accessible picnic table
• New Tree plantings

Queensway Park is open.
Construction is complete and the park is now open for use.

Thank you for your cooperation in ensuring that the park is a safe place for everyone to enjoy.

The improved park includes:

• New entrance feature
• New asphalt pathway with benches and trees
• New playground with shade structure and benches
• New multiuse court with benches and a shade structure. The multiuse court can be used for ball hockey and full court basketball.
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Thank you to all of the residents who voted on the Cavendish Park options! The votes are in and here’s what you have selected.

The preferred overall park design was Concept B: Open Green Space (61.3%)

As a reminder, construction for the park improvements will begin in Fall 2024 and will take approximately 10 weeks to complete.

To keep up to date on the Cavendish Park construction please subscribe to the Current City Projects and Construction page at https://www.burlington.ca/modules/news/en/Construction. The first update will be provided here closer to the start of construction.

Cavendish Park concepts are now available. The City of Burlington is asking local residents to vote on the concepts for the park.

Take the survey and vote on the park concepts until April 19, 2024.

The votes are in! Thank you to all residents who voted on the Port Nelson Park and natural playground concepts.

The preferred overall park design was concept B (56.1%)

The preferred natural playground was concept B, the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cabin (71.4%)

We are reviewing your comments and suggestions for the park. We have noted some trends from the comments that we will consider in the final design, but we cannot promise they will be included.

Construction for the park improvements is targeted for Spring/Summer 2024 with the park opening later Summer 2024.

To keep up to date on the Port Nelson Park construction please subscribe to the Current City Projects and Construction page at www.burlington.ca/portnelson. The next update will be provided here closer to the start of construction.

Port Nelson Park’s shoreline protection work is complete and the project is now in phase 2. The City of Burlington is asking local residents to vote on the concepts for the park and playground.

The concepts were created using resident feedback from the online survey earlier in the year – thank you to everyone who provided feedback.

Voting on the park and natural playground concepts will be open until January 21, 2024.