Ihtoli-maqahamok New waterfront steps - Market Slip

 

Nearly high tide at the new steps leading into Market Slip at the newly opened Gathering Place (Ihtoli-maqahamok).

Harbour Passage Extension - Tin Can Beach

 

The Harbour Passage cranberry trail now leads to Tin Can Beach in the south end. 

K-Park Common Beach

It's wild to see the sort of private upgrades the people of Kennebecasis Park have built on a publicly owner common beach in Rothesay. 

I wonder how they would react if the people of Rothesay decided to enjoy their public beach.

Imagery from Property Assessment Online (https://paol-efel.snb.ca/paol.html?lang=en&pan=01230836)

Rockwood Park Road/Trail Upgrades

 

Upgrades to the road and sidewalk/trail near the entrance of the park near Lily lake are taking shape.

Rockwood Park Seasonal Cabins

Rockwood Park will soon have camping options for those that don't have  a trailer and aren't tent fans. A building permit is in place to construct 4 seasonal cabins in the campground. 

This one is furthest along:

Fort Latour

Rainbow Park

This playground upgrade is impressive:

Fort Latour construction

Fort Latour

I wonder what we will learn about Fort Latour when this new interpretation area is finished.

East Riverside Kingshurst Park

This new lookout structure in East Riverside Kingshurst Park is beautiful and provides a great place to enjoy a view of the river. 

Sandy Point Road - Potential Development of Land Zoned Park

The Growth Committee of the City of Saint John meets today to discuss potential development of the Park-zoned land along Sandy Point Road that is adjacent the Harrigan Lake portion of Rockwood Park.

From my reading of the agenda packet, the medium density concept (shown below) is the preferred model being proposed by City staff.

TimberTop Adventure Park

The TimberTop Adventure Park proposed for land near Dominion Park beach sounds pretty cool. With similar operations in the Moncton and Fredericton markets, it makes sense that Saint John could support a tree top adventure challenge park. 

Here is an outline of their proposed site from their Planning Advisory Committee application. 

A businessperson behind the project was interviewed on CBC today. It sounds exciting. 

Old North End Playground - August 2, 2017

New Playground - Old North End

Construction progress:

Old North End Playgound

The Old North End playground is well underway:

Reversing Rapids

I noticed this roof near the Fallsview Avenue park near the Reversing Rapids. The roof looks like the interpretation areas along Harbour Passage. I take this as a sign that some new information area will be installed here.

Rothesay Commons development

The updates to the Rothesay Common are becoming more evident each time I happen to go by the site.  Here is a photo from earlier today.

Rothesay Common Construction

Rockwood Skills Park

I hadn’t checked out the Rockwood Skills Park progress until yesterday. There is a fair amount of infrastructure in place as the course takes shape.

Upgraded Chown Field

The landscaping improvements are complete.