The northern portion of Lacey Woods Park will be getting a facelift.
Arlington County will replace the lighted basketball court and multi-use field at the 14-acre park along N. George Mason Drive near Ballston, according to a project webpage.
The building housing both a picnic shelter and restrooms will be replaced with a new picnic shelter and structure for restrooms.
Arlington County is mulling two design concepts for this project. It is seeking public feedback on these concepts via an online survey open now through next Thursday, Oct. 26.
“Your feedback will help inform updates to the existing amenities, including a preferred layout for the restrooms and picnic shelter,” the survey says.
In the first concept, the bathrooms and picnic shelter both border the new court and the restroom entrance is off to the side.
In the second concept, the bathroom entrance faces the court and the picnic shelter is behind the bathrooms.
The county will also update site furnishings and make improvements for circulation and accessibility for people with disabilities. There will be landscaping, drainage and stormwater management upgrades.
This project is set to cost a little more than $2 million and was approved as part of the 2019-28 Capital Improvement Plan. Some $388,000 comes from short-term financing and another $1.6 million from bonds.
“Capital maintenance projects address facilities that have exceeded their lifespan and are in need of renovation,” the survey says. “Renovations to the existing playground and the addition of new amenities are not within the scope of this project.”
A picnic shelter in the southern half of the site was replaced in 2014.
The county is currently estimating that construction on this project would start in the second quarter of 2025 and wrap up in the last quarter of the year.