The 120-acre Scioto Audubon Metro Park located just south of Downtown Columbus has quickly become regarded as one of the best urban green spaces in the region, and the latest round of construction there will continue to make the park even better.
“Work this fall includes adding additional trails and parking, building new shelters and restrooms and related utilities,” said John O’Meara, Executive Director of Columbus Metro Parks. “The improvements currently being constructed are being added in the former impound lot area.”
The City of Columbus Impound Lot has relocated further south off Route 104, freeing up the remainder of the Whittier Peninsula to green restoration of wetlands, native grasses, wooded trails and other recreational uses at the Metro Park.
In 2011, a public survey was completed to assess the amenities that park visitors would like to see implemented at the Scioto Audubon Metro Park in the future. Some of those ideas included a Velodrome, Community Gardens and a Disc Golf Course, but those ideas will all have to wait.
“None of those ideas are being added with the current improvements,” O’Meara. “The velodrome is too expensive and disc golf is available at several other locations in the community.”
The Scioto Audubon will eventually see the construction of a sledding hill constructed, which will be a welcome addition to the relatively flat surface of urban Columbus.
“The park continues to get more beautiful. The Audubon Center is a great success. The climbing wall is America’s best, and now the site restoration is complete.”
More information can be found online at www.metroparks.net.
