Residents disgusted with lack of progress
in Loreto Playground construction
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BRONX TIMES R 8 EPORTER, MAY 21-27, 2021 BTR
BTR BRONX TIMES REPORTER, MAY 21-27, 2021
BY JASON COHEN
The Parks Department
began work in September
2020 to repave the multipurpose
play area at Loreto
Playground with asphalt.
Yet, construction
stopped in October and it
is an eyesore.
Needless to say, residents
are none too
pleased. Over the past
eight months many people
have complained to Community
Board 11 about the
lack of progress.
Resident Matt Caulfield
said it looks like a pile of
mud and hopes the work is
done soon.
“If Parks is aware of
this holdup it would help
put everyone at ease if
they could communicate
to the community board
specifically what they are
doing to expedite the process
and move this capital
project forward,” Caulfield
said.
Phyllis Nastasio is tired
of looking at park full of
dirt. Natasio noted it’s not
fair to the kids who now
lack an open space to play
ball, ride bikes or skate.
“It’s just typical for the
city,” she stated. “I doubt
it will be done by September,
but I guess there’s
nothing we can do about
it now.”
However, a Parks Department
spokesman said
work was halted at the site
due to several items that
needed to be resolved.
The excess materials
disposal plan needed to
be revised by the contractor
and approved by Parks
and there was a revision
to the electric point of entry
that had to be coordinated
with Con Edison.
Both of these things have
been completed.
Work will resume in
the near future and finish
in September as was projected
from the original
timeline.
The pile of dirt in Loreto Park that has sat for eight months. Courtesy of Matt Caulfi eld
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