Parking lot work and the construction of a new (practice) soccer field and connecter road is ongoing at the City-owned Lee Lake Complex on Adams Boulevard east of Silver Lake Road.
The voter-approved project consists of:
- 2 new parking lots at Lee Lake and Cooper Dog Park, which will replace the existing gravel lots
- Installation of a new connection road between the Lee Lake Parking Lot, Cooper Dog Park and Daniels Fields
- Removal of the westernmost and easternmost drive approaches onto Adams Boulevard
- Construction of a new 75-yard by 120-yard soccer field along the east of the existing fields
“Rough grading is complete on the soccer field and the subgrade and aggregate base has been prepared for the two parking lots,” Director of Engineering Micah Siemers said this week. “Rough grading is underway on the roadway connection, and the easternmost steep drive into the old gravel parking lot at Lee Lake has been removed and that material has been utilized to make grades work for the soccer field.
“We are working out some drainage issues around the dog park currently. The entire site is very flat, so we are trying to minimize areas that hold water. Many areas have always had some ponding, but it wasn’t a problem when it was an unused, open field. Now we need to make sure those areas
drain as much as possible. It’s tricky to make it all work when elevation is limited.”
Funding for the $588,501 project, which is actually several projects rolled into one, was approved by voters in the 2018 General Obligation Bond ($386,514) and the Half-cent Capital Improvement Project Sales Tax ($201,987) elections.
The project is expected to wrap up by mid-May, weather permitting.