Playground Replacements 2022

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Thank you Guelph! Check out the final designs for five playgrounds set for replacement to start in the spring of 2023. Your feedback made for fun and exiting designs that appeal to a variety of ages and designed specifically for the people in your neighbourhood!

We’re replacing five playgrounds this fall:

What's next

In round one, the community told us what was important for each playground, then the community voted on a preferred design for each of the five playgrounds and told us what could make them even better. Soon we will share the final designs and plans for construction starting in the spring and all playgrounds are expected to reopen by the fall of 2023.

About playground replacements

When we replace play equipment, we consider available budget, maintenance, how to make the play equipment fun for everyone, and comments from our community. Your participation in engagement will help us choose the right play equipment for your neighbourhood.

We heard during engagement that surfacing type is an important part of making some playgrounds wheelchair accessible. Working alongside the City’s Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC), we’ve included rubber surfacing at Howden Park and Herb Markle Park with wood chips at Sunny Acres, Goldie and Gosling Gardens.

Managing construction costs

We are excited to put your ideas to good use wit these final playground designs. Over the past year, moving capital projects forward depends on product availability and inflation that could impact the timeline of work. We will do our best to make sure the work proceeds on schedule. If there are significant changes to the project schedule or we adjust which playgrounds will be replaced this year, we’ll share the news on our website, Facebook and Twitter and email participants subscribed to haveyoursay.guelph.ca.

Thank you Guelph! Check out the final designs for five playgrounds set for replacement to start in the spring of 2023. Your feedback made for fun and exiting designs that appeal to a variety of ages and designed specifically for the people in your neighbourhood!

We’re replacing five playgrounds this fall:

What's next

In round one, the community told us what was important for each playground, then the community voted on a preferred design for each of the five playgrounds and told us what could make them even better. Soon we will share the final designs and plans for construction starting in the spring and all playgrounds are expected to reopen by the fall of 2023.

About playground replacements

When we replace play equipment, we consider available budget, maintenance, how to make the play equipment fun for everyone, and comments from our community. Your participation in engagement will help us choose the right play equipment for your neighbourhood.

We heard during engagement that surfacing type is an important part of making some playgrounds wheelchair accessible. Working alongside the City’s Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC), we’ve included rubber surfacing at Howden Park and Herb Markle Park with wood chips at Sunny Acres, Goldie and Gosling Gardens.

Managing construction costs

We are excited to put your ideas to good use wit these final playground designs. Over the past year, moving capital projects forward depends on product availability and inflation that could impact the timeline of work. We will do our best to make sure the work proceeds on schedule. If there are significant changes to the project schedule or we adjust which playgrounds will be replaced this year, we’ll share the news on our website, Facebook and Twitter and email participants subscribed to haveyoursay.guelph.ca.

  • Final playground designs

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    Goldie Park - by New World Park Solutions

    The new playground at Goldie features four slides, climbers, balance logs with rope and infant, youth and accessible swings. The surface at this site will be wood chips.

    Goldie park design full view with swing areas containing two youth swings, two child swings, and one adaptive swing, as well as the main play structure and two smaller balance play areas

    Goldie park Play structure with four slides, climbing wall, balance areas and a shade canopy



    Gosling Gardens Park - by Park N Water

    The new playground at Gosling Gardens features four slides, spinners, climbers, game panels, musical chimes and drums and infant, youth and accessible swings. The surface at this site will be wood chips.

    Park overview image showing swing area with two child swings, two youth swings and an adaptive swing, a main play structure, music and sound play areas, a climbing net, and a spinning structure

    Close up of the main play structure with imaginative play areas, music and sound play stations, a climbing wall and two stairs areas, a balance bridge, and three slides



    Herb Markle Park - by New World Park Solutions

    The new playground at Herb Markle features three slides, a rock climbing wall, teeter-totter, monkey bars, crawl through tunnel, climbers and infant, youth and accessible swings. This site is also set to include a rubberized surface.

    Playground overview with a swing structure that has two child swings, two youth swings and an adaptive swing, as well as the main play structure and a teeter totter in the distance.

    Main play structure with three slides, a climbing wall, a tunnel and several stairs as well as a monkey bars area.


    Howden Crescent Park- by Park N Play

    The new playground at Howden features a large, twisted slide, a roller conveyor-style slide (similar to the one at Riverside Park), spinner, junior slides, rock climbing wall, game panels and infant, youth and accessible swings. This site is also set to include a rubberized surface

    Playground overview with a swing set containing two youth swings, two child swings and an adaptive swing, a cruved climbing wall, a suspended marry-go-round structure, a shaded tactile play area, and the main play structure

    Main play structure with rubberized play surface, a small slide, a roller slide and a tall tube slide as well as climbing elements

    *note, this playground will have a rubberized surface installed.


    Sunny Acres Park - by Park N Play

    The new playground at Sunny Acres features two slides on the main structure and a roller conveyor-style slide (similar to the one at Riverside Park), monkeybars, climbers, play panels and infant, youth and accessible swings. The surface at this site will be wood chips.

    park overview image with a larage swing area containing two child swings, four youth swings and two adaptive swings, a monkey bar climbing area, a creative play area, voice tubes, a roller slide area and the main play structure

    Main play structure with a large tube slide, a smaller slide, a balance bridge and a rock climbing wall


  • Budget Watch

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    Playground replacements are something we budget for every year to keep our community safe and healthy. Replacements are planned for playgrounds across the city and scheduled out as each playground reaches the end of its safe-use lifespan.

    Annual playground replacements are typically funded through our tax base, and these playgrounds have been approved as part of the 2022 budget process.

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