Prairie Walk
Prairie Walk closed for construction
June 13 to mid-September, 2011
Prairie Walk is closed from June 13 to mid-September for construction and further landscaping to enhance the walkway (weather has delayed the original August completion date).
During Prairie Walk construction, pedestrians are asked to use the sidewalks along Festival Way, Festival Avenue and Festival Lane to get around Centre in the Park.
Final finishes for Prairie Walk
Centre in the Park has been designed as a pedestrian-friendly area, and one of its inviting outdoor public spaces is Prairie Walk. This pedestrian walkway runs east-west linking the Community Centre and central plaza area with Festival Place and Sherwood Park's Heritage Trail system. Prairie Walk has been designed and landscaped to reflect Strathcona County's history, culture and natural environment.
Tranquil setting
To enhance the aesthetic experience of Prairie Walk, a combination of natural and synthetic forms, texture, light and sound will be added. Early this summer, from June 13 to mid-August, construction and further landscaping will create several groupings of rocks that will be placed in harmony with plantings and lighting along the southern edge of the walk.
Individually selected stones and rocks that are shaped, polished and set will form seating areas, stopping points and zones for contemplation. Recordings of sounds taken from the natural prairie landscape will feed through directional speakers positioned within the rock groups. Low in volume and audible only at close range, the sounds will randomly repeat and combine various sequences, and turn off at night.
Other features
a distinctive water channel that runs the length of the paving stone pathway was funded through a $250,000 Alberta 2005 Centennial Legacies Grant - seating along the water's edge and energy-efficient, indirect reflective light standards line the walkway
Prairie Walk in Centre in the Park opened September 28, 2007.
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Last updated: Wednesday, June 08, 2011
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