Dog park or playground along West Roxbury Parkway
Resident proposes a dog park and/or playground, buffered from traffic by shrubs and a fence, on open space along West Roxbury Parkway, which is state DCR land, so it becomes usable recreation space.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Dog park and/or playground alongside West Roxbury “Parkway”
Who it helps and why
There is a lot of open space along West Roxbury Parkway. This space is suppose to be for recreation, but being right next to essentially a highway makes it unpleasant to recreate there. Building a dog park and/or playground separated from the road by shrubs & a fence would make it a place people want to be. Our open space should be for people to enjoy not just nice views while driving by at 50 mph. It’s state DCR land, but I think they’d be on board.
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- July 3, 2024
- Neighborhood
- Roslindale
- Place
- West Roxbury Parkway, Roslindale, 02131
- Portal category
- Facilities
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
- Themes
- Parks, trees & climate
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
The same need in other cycles
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