New London To Use Federal Funds For Basketball Courts

NEW LONDON, CT — The city announced it will use federal American Recovery Act funds to replace "the existing run-down basketball courts at Fulton and Mercer Parks with brand new state-of-the-art courts," according to a statement. Those courts will be in the same style as those recently replaced at Bartlett and Toby May Parks.

The new configuration at Fulton Park will include two full-size regulation courts.

The Fulton court replacement project is part of a planned more extensive renovation of the park, including clearing and removing fencing along Briggs Brook, installing a pedestrian walkway over the brook, and creating necessary parking off State Pier Road, according to a statement.

This is intended to eliminate the dangerous current entrance and exit to the park off Water Street and connect the two sections of the park that Briggs Brook currently separates.

Improvements are also planned to the pedestrian bridge over Water Street, connecting Fulton Park to the city’s downtown via Water and Union streets.

This project also includes replacing the basketball court adjacent to Mercer Park off Willetts Avenue, which serves the neighboring area adjacent to the Waterford border.