On September 18th, improvements to the playground at Goodrich School were completed and the playground was reopened for student and public use. The project included the installation of new playground equipment and swings selected in the spring by an online vote of the student body; replacement of existing wood timber borders with poured concrete barrier curbing; replacement of engineered wood fiber playground safety surfacing; drainage improvements, paving for accessible site amenities (benches and trash receptacles) and landscape plantings for increased shade.
Upon completion of the work at Goodrich School, the contractor remobilized to begin work on the replacement of the westside playground at Meadowview School. The work at Meadowview is anticipated to be completed in October.
Because of a long-standing intergovernmental partnership between the two agencies, the playground replacement costs will be funded cooperatively by both School District 68 and the Woodridge Park District through the District’s Capital Replacement Program. The sharing in costs also allows Park District staff to enhance the two playground areas in line with the District’s typical park developments with the addition of site furnishings and the planting of shade trees.
