After closing for nearly a year, the 38-acre Wards Lake Park in Lakewood will reopen to the public with highly-anticipated upgrades on Wednesday, Dec. 10, park staff confirmed.
Among the new features of the park (2716 84th St. Ct. S.) are two new playgrounds, a new fenced off-leash dog park, paved trails and bridges, a concrete pump track, a new restroom, 3.5 acres of mountain bike trails and a mountain bike skills track. A grand opening will happen in the spring.
On a tour Friday, The News Tribune saw construction crews at work finishing welding projects on new handrails. This year crews cleared invasive species from over half of the site, making space for new trails and more recreational opportunities, said parks development project manager Stacey Reding…