Cedar Lake Park ClosedNot for the Season

Published October 01. 2014 3:19PM Updated October 01. 2014 5:33PM

CHESTER -As part of the multi-phase project that began last year, Cedar Lake's Pelletier Park is currently closed for renovations until further notice. The Chester Parks & Recreation Department is asking those who wish to access the lake to do so from Cedar Lake Road, at Lake View Park.

The current work being done at the park includes grading, aerating, and seeding the existing grass area so it will better accommodate summer camp sports and enhance the enjoyment of the park by the public for the next summer season, in 2015.

"The area of the park that is currently being worked on is one that typically gets a lot of use over the summer months. Re-seeding the area has been on the Parks & Recreation Department's list of things to do for a couple of years, but they wanted to wait until the new storage shed was in place, before this portion of the project began," said First Selectman Ed Meehan.

The entire renovation project also included the construction of a large storage shed (complete with concrete pad and custom-made interior shelving constructed by a volunteer), relocation of the grills and restrooms, the addition of an area for campers' supplies, added sand for beach recreation, and removal of the old storage shed and bath houses. This work was completed by John Williams, Brian Buckley, Randy Netsch, and the Chester Public Works Department.

A portion of the insurance payout for the 2011 Community Center roof collapse was put toward the cost of the new storage shed at Pelletier Park.

"The new building serves as a year-round storage area for our lifeguard and summer program supplies," said Parks & Recreation Director Elizabeth Netsch. "Because of this renovation project, we were able to successfully expand our camp use of the facility this summer to three days per week for eight weeks."

"This year the town's summer camp program was very successful," said Meehan. "Our enrollment was up, residents had good things to say about it, and we had beautiful weather, which always helps."

He added, "The area at Cedar Lake was also made good use of this summer by the bi-weekly, Cedar Lake Tri Series triathlon program, which was held eight times this summer. This has been a very successful use of Pelletier Park for the past three years."

Netsch added, "We are looking forward to our completed facility in 2015."

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