Across East Durham, the sight of orange mesh and locked gates has become a frustrating backdrop to childhood. Playgrounds and soccer fields remain off limits after soil tests turned up lead, leaving families, schools and youth programs scrambling for somewhere nearby for kids to run around. Two of the five affected city parks sit inside East Durham neighborhoods, and organizers say summer programs and casual pickup games have fallen off sharply. At Burton Park, a fenced off creek cuts below a relatively new playground, after testing tied contamination along the waterway to nearby industrial activity. Residents and small business owners say the gap between testing and actual cleanup is now stretching into a second year with no reliable outdoor space for…..