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By Andrea Iglar airview Park is on the verge of a major expansion. Work started this fall to prepare land that eventually will include a splash pad, a pavilion with restrooms, a fenced dog park, three ballfields and a park entrance from Mayview Road. Paula Willis, the South Fayette Township parks and recreation director, said the amenities will accommodate a greater variety of activities. “We’re really creating a park that’s a community hub,” she said. Most of the new facilities are being built on 68 acres of the former Mayview State Hospital property that the township acquired in 2017. The Mayview site increases the size of Fairview Park by more than 50 percent. The splash pad, a recreational water feature for all ages, could open next
summer, depending on weather and material availability. The pavilion, with restrooms and a kitchen, will be divided into two rental spaces to accommodate up to 110 people on each side. A 5-acre dog park will be formed in the woods behind the existing multipurpose fields at the Mayview end of Fairview Park. The Bark Park will included subtle fencing in a natural, shaded environment with trees, walking paths, benches, a small pavilion, and water fountains for humans and pets. The Mayview Road entrance, across from the Hastings plan, will provide a second permanent access road into the park, whose sole entrance now is on Greenwood Drive in the Fairview neighborhood. “This new entrance is really going to open up the park,” Ms. Willis said.
The splash pad planned for Fairview Park will resemble this illustration from water park designer and manufacturer Vortex.
A traffic study will determine what vehicle control and safety elements are needed, she said. The entire park road, from Greenwood Drive to Mayview Road, will be named
$25,000 for ballfields T-Mobile has awarded a $25,000 grant to South Fayette Township toward new ballfields on the Mayview site in Fairview Park. The Hometown Grant was issued to 25 communities nationwide. From left, representatives of the mobile communications company present a ceremonial check in the park Sept. 28 to Commissioner Gwen Rodi, Township Manager John Barrett, and Parks and Recreation Director Paula Willis. (Photo by Andrea Iglar)
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