Out with the ‘old,’ in with the ‘new’

By ANJOLI MOSIER Pioneer Reporter
Posted 10/21/19

Lyman introduces new projects for the year

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Out with the ‘old,’ in with the ‘new’

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LYMAN — The skate park on Franklin Street in Lyman is being disassembled – making way for a new ice skating rink, set to be functional this winter.

Lyman Mayor Bronson Berg confirmed in an interview Oct. 15, the changes happening to the skating area are in preparation to create a skating rink with a four foot retaining wall added as a safety precaution. The area should boast lights on a photocell for night skating and an area for bon fires, which could invite some hot dogs and hot chocolate if people were so inclined.

"The skate park will be disassembled and then reassembled this spring in the same area," Berg said. "Just back on the old tennis court on a flatter surface so the water won't pool up in it and ruin the ramps. It's like a swimming pool in the spring and just sits there and rots." Berg said, the hope was the area would make a great hang-out spot for all seasons.

Also on the agenda for the upcoming fiscal year is some road replacement for three roads that are beyond patchable repair – Meadow Street, Tiara Street and Platts Drive – along with a few cul-de-sacs town officials would also like to make some repairs. These replacements are slated for after June 30, 2020, so that the town can pool the leftover monies from the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years to complete the works.

"We've got a lot of stuff that we want to do," Berg said.

The last confirmed project for this upcoming year is repairs for a sewer issue in a field to stop some infiltration that Berg said has been wreaking havoc on the town’s sewer lines in fields that have irrigation.