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The pond in Oak Ridge Town Park was engineered to hold water for the irrigation system. Years after it was installed, an Eagle Scout approached the town about constructing a pier there; unfortunately, because of the elevation of the slope from the parking lot to the pier, no reasonable solution to enable wheelchair access to the pier could be found.
Why is there no wheelchair access to the pond at Oak Ridge Town Park? It seems to me there is some way they can make a wheelchairaccessible path to the little dock so people in chairs can get to the dock.
Thanks to Terry Lannon, Oak Ridge Parks & Recreation director, for providing this detailed response to our reader’s question… “There was discussion about this when the Eagle Scout project was proposed for the pond. Unfortunately, that pier would only work in its current location due to the fact that we were advised not to build into the dam itself and only the north and south portions
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