Construction of the new playground at Sunset Point Park is in the home stretch now.
Shipping delays have pushed the opening date back again, but town staff estimate the park will be open by the second or third week of August.
Director of Parks, Recreation and Culture Dean Collver said all of the play structures are now in Canada and just have to get to Collingwood so they can be installed. Once the structures are in place, the rubber safety surfaces can be installed and the park can open.
Some of the play structures are already installed, including a lighthouse and small village structure.
When demolition of the old playground structures took place in October, 2021, the timeline estimated the park would be open in May, 2022.
The plans for the new park include several play structures that will be geared toward different age ranges, including a lighthouse, a ship on the bay, a wetland, a town village, discovery beach (big sandbox with 'fossils to uncover') and a parkour climbing course with a zipline.
Much of the playground will be accessible for kids of all ages and abilities.
In the forest toward the west end of the park will be a boardwalk with a firefly forest. The ‘firefly’ effect is a canopy of lights that will respond to the sounds that kids yell into two megaphones on the ground.
Between the youth and tot play spaces will be a shaded social hub with picnic tables and USB charging stations where parents can clearly see both play areas.
There will also be a sensory garden separating the two spots with different elevations allowing people in wheelchairs to interact with the garden as well.
You can read more details and see drawings of the proposed park here.
