Brookfield tennis buffs will have a new place to swing their rackets by next spring - a million-dollar Endicott Park facelift is set to begin in the coming weeks.
The Common Council on Tuesday gave the green light to a $685,000 bid from Willkomm Excavating and Grading of Union Grove to complete the project.
The two-year initiative to add tennis courts, playgrounds, open spaces, shelters and access to Greenway Corridor Trails is set to begin on the 37-acre site along Calhoun Road, near Interstate 94, by the end of the month. If plans stay on schedule, the project will be completed by June 2011.
The east side of the 37-acre park on Calhoun Road will have an open play field, playgrounds, an open-air shelter and new parking space.
To the west, two new tennis courts will be added, adjacent to an existing soccer field. There will be new play equipment for children and additional open space.
The improvements will be welcomed news for some park-goers in the community, but some neighbors to the south and west of the park expressed concerns that trees that now act as a sound buffer for noise from Interstate 94 will be cut down.
Parks and Recreation Director Bill Kolstad said engineers modified the plans to reduce tree clearing to less than two acres to alleviate some of those concerns.
The city allocated $250,000 from its Greenway Trail Fund for the project. City officials authorized borrowing an additional $750,000 when it passed its 2010 capital improvements plan.
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