Feedback gathered in May to revamp the area around the Blakeburn Lagoons is now part of a plan for the new Port Coquitlam park.
And on Tuesday, July 19, the public can view the preliminary design proposal at an information session at Blakeburn elementary school (1040 Riverside Dr.).
Municipal staff will be on hand to answer questions about the new recreation facility, which last year received provincial and federal cash to remediate the 27-acre site that has two decommissioned ponds.
Under the plan, the new park will link the two lagoons and provide trails and ecological education; as well, wildlife habitat will be improved.
The two concepts are to either turn the site into a People's Park — including public access to the lagoon water — or a Nature Park. There is also a call to have a healing garden to honour the victims murdered by Port Coquitlam pig farmer Robert Pickton, who lived nearby.
At the May session, more than 150 people turned out and some 500 responded to the city survey. To view the plans, visit portcoquitlam.ca/blakeburn.
