Park Development
Parks, Recreation & Culture strives to provide residents with parks, trails and other recreation facilities that are:
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- thoughtfully designed
- well maintained
- meet the needs of our community
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- 241A ST & 112 Ave Park
- Albion Park Playground Replacement
- Belle Morse Tennis Court
- Country Lane & Creek’s Crossing Playgrounds
- Silver Valley Gathering Place
- Thornhill Park Playgound Replacement
- Thornhill Trails Study
- Westview Park Playground Replacement
Concept Plan Community Consultation Period
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department hosted the second phase of community consultation for the design of a new neighbourhood park at 241A St & 112 Ave.
Residents were encouraged to review the Park Concept Plan and provide their feedback from March 8 to March 22. This plan was developed based on the desired amenities and programming that came out of the first community consultation. Thank you for all the comments, these will be use to further refine the park design.
Questions and comments can also be directed to Melissa Coderre, Parks Planning Technician, at 604 467-7466 or by email to mcoderre@mapleridge.ca.
Participants expressed that the park should be a space for youth in the neighborhood, with amenities for younger children and teens.
The top 5 amenities requested by you:
As part of the community consultation process we invited your feedback from October 1 to October 26, 2020. Through this time we’ve received nearly 140 comment form submissions. Thank you for your interest and feedback in this park development process.
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department will be engaging with the community to gather public feedback on the proposed new neighbourhood park at the south east corner of 241 A Street and 112 Avenue. We would like to hear from you on what desired amenities and features you would like to see in this neighbourhood park.
Due to Covid-19 we are encouraged residents to review the information panels and submit an online comment form to leave feedback regarding this project. We invited your feedback from October 1 to October 26, 2020
Questions and comments can also be directed to Chad Neufeld, Manager of Parks Planning & Development, at 604 467-7338 (ext. 2) or by email to cneufeld@mapleridge.ca
South east corner of 241A Street and 112 Avenue Project Location Map (PDF)
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department hosted the second phase of community consultation for the design of a new neighbourhood park at 241A St & 112 Ave.
Residents were encouraged to review the Park Concept Plan and provide their feedback from March 8 to March 22. This plan was developed based on the desired amenities and programming that came out of the first community consultation. Thank you for all the comments, these will be use to further refine the park design.
Questions and comments can also be directed to Melissa Coderre, Parks Planning Technician, at 604 467-7466 or by email to mcoderre@mapleridge.ca.
Community Consultation Results
Participants expressed that the park should be a space for youth in the neighborhood, with amenities for younger children and teens.
The top 5 amenities requested by you:
- Playgrounds & Swings
- Walking Pathways
- Open Lawn Area
- Picnic Area
- Basketball/Hockey Court
- Water Play
- Features and design to increase walkability to and from the park
- Bike Park
- Safety features to secure the park
Community Consultation
As part of the community consultation process we invited your feedback from October 1 to October 26, 2020. Through this time we’ve received nearly 140 comment form submissions. Thank you for your interest and feedback in this park development process.
Project Description
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department will be engaging with the community to gather public feedback on the proposed new neighbourhood park at the south east corner of 241 A Street and 112 Avenue. We would like to hear from you on what desired amenities and features you would like to see in this neighbourhood park.
Due to Covid-19 we are encouraged residents to review the information panels and submit an online comment form to leave feedback regarding this project. We invited your feedback from October 1 to October 26, 2020
Questions and comments can also be directed to Chad Neufeld, Manager of Parks Planning & Development, at 604 467-7338 (ext. 2) or by email to cneufeld@mapleridge.ca
Project Location
South east corner of 241A Street and 112 Avenue Project Location Map (PDF)
February 2021 – Public Comment Period
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department will be replacing the playground at Albion Park as part of the City’s Lifecycle Program. As part of this process, we collected feedback via a comment form to inform what play features were desirable for the new playground.
The comment form closed March 5, 2021. An update to this page is coming soon.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this project or would like to provide comments please contact: Peter Warmerdam, Landscape Technician by email.
Project Location:
24460 104 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC
February 2021 – Community Consultation Results
Thank you for your comments regarding the renovation of the tennis court at Belle Morse Park. We received over 120 responses to the comment form. From the responses to the comment form, the majority or respondents preferred a tennis court at Belle Morse Park. We heard from area residents that the tennis court is a valued component of this park and that they would like to see it resurfaced. The timeline for resurfacing the tennis court will be in summer of 2021.
February 2021 - Community Consultation
As part of the community consultation process we invited your feedback from January 17 to February 5, 2020. We will now review and compile all the comments we received in order to inform the next steps in the renovation of the tennis court at Belle Morse Park. Thank you for your interest and feedback in this process.
January 2021 – Public Comment Period
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department is planning to renovate the existing tennis court at Belle Morse Park as part of a lifecycle replacement project. As part of this process we would like to hear from you on what desired court facility you would like to see in this neighbourhood park.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this project or would like to provide comments please contact: Peter Warmerdam, Landscape Technician by email.
Project Location:
23600 Jim Robson Way, Maple Ridge, BC
January 2021 – New Playgrounds Coming
Thank you for all your comments on what you would like to see in these new playgrounds. Based on your feedback, we’ve determined the new play features for this project. You can see some images of the new playgrounds here:
- Country Lane North Park – Rendering
- Country Lane South Park – Rendering
- Creek’s Crossing Park – Rendering
Thank you for your patience!
October 2020 – Public Comment Period
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department is proposing to replace the play equipment at Country Lane North Park (corner of 102A Ave and 243 St), the play structure at Creek’s Crossing Park (corner of Hill Ave and 240A St) as well as replace the spring toys at Country Lane South Park (corner of 101 Ave and 244 St).
These playgrounds were originally installed by the developers of these residential areas and have now been identified for replacement due to their age and condition. The small spray pads at both Country Lane Parks were refurbished and piece of play equipment was replaced at Country Lane South earlier this year.
These neighbourhood playgrounds were designed for the 2-5 year old age range of children. We would like to hear from area residents about what kind or types of play equipment you would like to see these playgrounds replaced with.
Due to COVID-19 we are encouraging residents to submit comments online. We invited your feedback on this project from October 2 to October 21, 2020. Thank you for your input. We will now review and compile all the comments we’ve received in order to inform the next steps in purchasing play equipment for these parks.
Additional questions and comments can also be directed to Chad Neufeld, Manager of Parks Planning & Development, at 604 467-7338 (ext. 2) or by email to cneufeld@mapleridge.ca.
Playground Locations
- Country Lane North Park (corner of 102A Ave and 243 St)
- Country Lane South Park (corner of 101 Ave and 244 St)
- Creek’s Crossing Park (corner of Hill Ave and 240A St)
Silver Valley Gathering Place – Blaney Hamlet
Concept Plan Community Consultation Period
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department hosted the second phase of community consultation for the design of the Silver Valley Gathering Place and youth action amenities at Blaney Hamlet Park.
Residents were encouraged to review the concept plan developed based on the desired amenities and programming. As a part of our community consultation process, we invited your feedback on the concept plan from January 21, 2021 until February 15, 2021. Thank you for all the comments. The city is now reviewing the comments and will use these to refine the detailed design of the project.
Questions and comments can also be directed to Melissa Coderre, Parks Planning Technician, at 604 467-7466 or by email to mcoderre@mapleridge.ca.
Project Description:
The Parks, Recreation & Culture Infrastructure projects include a gathering place project in the Silver Valley area with the first being in the Blaney Hamlet neighbourhood. Additional land was acquired in 2020 to support this initiative. This first gathering place is proposed to be located adjacent to the new neighbourhood park on 230A Street.
In addition to developing a gathering place at this location, the City is exploring developing youth action amenities along with a bike skills park as a sponsored feature. We would like to hear your thoughts on desired amenities and programming for the gathering place, as well as to hear what kind of youth action amenities may be desired.
Residents are encouraged to review the project information panels. As a part of our community consultation process, we invited your feedback from July 9, 2020 until Aug 16, 2020. Thank you for all the comments. View the main feedback in this document.
Questions and comments can be directed to Chad Neufeld, Manager of Parks Planning & Development, at 604 467-7338 (ext. 2) or by email to cneufeld@mapleridge.ca
Project Location
230A Street, South of existing park Maple Ridge Project Location Map (PDF)
March 2021 – Public Comment Period
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department is proposing to replace the play equipment at Thornhill Park as part of its Lifecycle Program. We will be relocating the playground area to a larger area south of the existing tennis court, near the Thornhill Hall parking lot. See map of the new location.
We welcome suggestions or comments by email about the play structure replacement. We would like to receive your comments by March 31, 2021. If you have questions about this project or would like to provide comments please email: Peter Warmerdam Landscape Technician at pwarmerdam@mapleridge.ca.
Project Location
Thornhill Park
26007 98 Ave
Community Consultation Results
Thank you for your patience as we summarized the comment form submissions. Some of the findings from this trails study are included below:
- Of the total survey respondents 72% identified as being residents of Maple Ridge, while 28% lived elsewhere, mostly within the lower mainland.
- Of the Maple Ridge residents, 43% identified as hiking trail users, 41% identified as mountain bike trail users, 10% identified as equestrian trail users and 6% identified as other trail users including dog walkers, trail runners, photographers and bird watchers.
- Just over half of the Maple Ridge resident trail users visited the Thornhill trails several times a week, with most trail users from outside of Maple Ridge visiting a few times a month.
- Primary trail access point for trail users is from the south at 256 Street, with secondary access points from the west at 248 Street and east at 264 Street.
- As anticipated, Bear Ridge and George’s Way, the City’s primary trails, were the most often traveled.
- The trails on Thornhill were important to trail users for various reasons including, for meeting other people, recreating outdoors and for health and fitness reasons; as well, the close proximity of these trails to the urban area.
- Trail users on Thornhill told us what would support them as a trail user in this area. The most requested support for trail users was for additional signage, maps, and wayfinding followed by an improved parking and staging area at 256 Street, followed by increased trail maintenance of the informal trails. Additional requests included providing additional garbage receptacles, a washroom and designating certain trails for primary trail user types. Trail users also said that a formal agreement for trail maintenance with the FVMBA would support their use of the area.
- Please see this document for the detailed results of the Thornhill Trails Study.
Community Consultation
As part of the community consultation process we invited your feedback from August 25 to October 15, 2020. Through this time we’ve received nearly 800 comment form submissions, thank you for your interest and feedback in this process.
Project Description
The Maple Ridge Parks, Recreation & Culture department will be engaging with the community to gather public feedback on the trails and informal trails on Thornhill / Grant Hill. A variety of activities are currently taking place on Thornhill including hiking, biking, dog walking and equestrian use.
Due to Covid-19 we encouraged residents to review the information panels before completing the online comment form (which closed October 15, 2020).
Questions and comments can also be directed to Chad Neufeld, Manager of Parks Planning & Development, at 604 467-7338 (ext. 2) or by email to cneufeld@mapleridge.ca.
Project Location
Thornhill/ Grant Hill
Maple Ridge
January 2021 – Public Comment Period
The City of Maple Ridge will be replacing the playground at Westview Park as part of the City’s Lifecycle Replacement Program. We welcome suggestions or comments about the play structure replacement.
If you have questions about this project or would like to provide comments please contact Peter Warmerdam Landscape Technician by January 4, 2021.
Project Location:
20950 Wicklund Ave, Maple Ridge, BC