FORNEY, Texas — The Forney City Council had their first look at what a possible community park on the north side of U.S. Highway 80 could look like as well as a proposed location for Splash Kingdom water park if the project moves forward.
FORNEY, Texas — The Forney City Council had their first look at what a possible community park on the north side of U.S. Highway 80 could look like as well as a proposed location for Splash Kingdom water park if the project moves forward.
City Manager James Fisher presented a possible park layout to the city council on Tuesday night during their regularly scheduled council meeting.
The proposed location is south of Gateway Boulevard, west of Reeder Road, north of what’s expected to be an eventual extension of Ridgecrest Road, and east of the Forney Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) Business Park on Don T Cates road.
The park, in its current proposed design, is approximately 62 acres mainly from park land dedication from residential development within the Gateway development and five acres from the adjacent EDC Business Park.
The size of the park could change with increased residential development in the Gateway development, according to Fisher.
10 baseball fields, in two groups of five, are proposed for the park and a large parking lot which would accommodate the proposed Splash Kingdom water park. Both groupings of baseball fields will likely have playgrounds at their center.
The exact plans have not been finalized and the park’s design will likely go through several review processes and revisions before its final design is approved.
A timeline was not presented to the council.
Parks and Recreation Director Richard Curry says the price of the new park is unknown but, based on estimates which were crafted for a possible Phase 2 at the Community Park, the new park could range in costs between $17 and $22 million.
Fisher says a bond committee would be established.
Fisher also says the Splash Kingdom project, if it continues to move forward, has been pushed back to 2019.