{"id":83674,"date":"2016-04-21T06:01:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T10:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=83674"},"modified":"2016-04-21T05:26:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T09:26:45","slug":"lucky-dog-two-new-dog-friendly-facilities-one-step-closer-to-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/2016\/04\/21\/lucky-dog-two-new-dog-friendly-facilities-one-step-closer-to-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Dog! Two New Dog-Friendly Facilities one Step Closer to Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raleigh\u2019s canine residents are one step closer to having two more places in which they can\u00a0run free and romp with other dogs.<\/p>\n

The Greenway and Urban Trees Committee this week finalized recommendations for a dog\u00a0park at Buffaloe Road Athletic Park and a dog run at Jaycee Park. The plans will head to the\u00a0full Parks, Recreation and Greenway Advisory Board for a vote during its May meeting.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Buffalo Road Park<\/p><\/div>\n

Should City Councilors also approve the plans, construction of both locations will start\u00a0immediately for openings in late fall of this year.<\/p>\n

The Buffaloe Road dog park will be a bit less than two acres and include both large and\u00a0small dog areas. The entrance to the dog parks will be on the east side of the fenced area to\u00a0keep separated dog park attendees and those heading to the aquatic center. Some existing\u00a0parking located near the proposed walkway will be designated for dogs and their owners.<\/p>\n

Construction costs for the park come in at about $94,600, plus about $12,900 in additional\u00a0project costs (benches, waste stations, grading).<\/p>\n

At about a quarter of an acre, the dog run at Jaycee Park will be much smaller in size and\u00a0won\u2019t include separated areas for large dogs and small dogs. The dog run will be located in\u00a0the same area as the current comfort station and picnic area, which have been slated for\u00a0demolition as part of a separate project.<\/p>\n

\"Jaycee<\/a>

Jaycee Park<\/p><\/div>\n

A new comfort station, picnic area and playground\u00a0are also scheduled to be built at the park.<\/p>\n

Construction costs for the run are expected to be about $20,800, plus about $3,600 in\u00a0additional project costs.<\/p>\n

A handful of meeting attendees praised the inclusion of the parks; dog owner Andrea Roush\u00a0said the issue hits close to home. While she and her husband live closer to the dog park in\u00a0Oakwood, she is looking forward to having to other locations to which she can bring her\u00a0canine companions.<\/p>\n

Oakwood, a popular dog park, she said is often jammed packed no\u00a0matter the season.<\/p>\n

Kids football and baseball coach Jay Walden said he\u2019s coming at the issue from a different\u00a0perspective. He told the committee that the additional facilities are a terrific idea, but said he\u00a0hated to see the ball fields at Buffaloe Road locked up just to keep dogs out.<\/p>\n

He asked that\u00a0additional signage or other means be used encourage dog owners to pick up after their pets\u00a0until the new dog parks are built.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids are rolling around right in it,\u201d he said, adding that he wondered if anything could be\u00a0done right now.<\/p>\n

\"Dogs<\/a>

Raleigh dogs will soon have two new parks to run around in<\/p><\/div>\n

The additional facilities are nearly two years in the making, with Councilors first asking the\u00a0advisory board to look at additional dog park locations after Councilors banned dogs from\u00a0public playgrounds in 2014. Interestingly enough, a few hours before the committee meeting, Mayor Nancy McFarlane asked staff to look into the possibility of installing a dog run at Fletcher Park.<\/p>\n

During the heated debate that lead to the decision, dog owners complained that the city had\u00a0too few locations where they could let their dogs run off-leash. Parents and other residents,\u00a0on the other hand, complained of dog feces being left in the same location as children are\u00a0playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A subcommittee of the Parks, Recreation and Greenway Advisory Board approved plans for a dog park at Buffaloe Road Athletic Park and a dog run at Jaycee Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24029,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}