Collegedale officials outlined a handful of projects on the horizon for the city’s Public Works Department while dissecting the fiscal year 2019 budget last week.
The three projects, totaling $800,000, include upgrades for Veterans Memorial Park, bridge replacement along Prospect Church Road, and construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Tucker and Edgmon roads.
The work at the park, for which $300,000 is allocated in the proposed budget, includes new features such as a 1- to 2-foot wall on the premises. City Manager Ted Rogers said the structure will act as a “psychological barrier” between the memorial park, where reverence is encouraged, and its surrounding green space, which is meant for play.
“From time to time,” explained Rogers during the May 29 work session, “we have people say, ‘Where’s the vet park and where’s the
green space? I need to be throwing a Frisbee in the green space; I don’t need to be throwing a Frisbee in the vet park.'”