Parking Improvements Coming To Lost Corner Preserve

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Parking improvements to Lost Corner Preserve are on the way.

The council on Tuesday voted to approved a contract with Surfaces Group to construct the improvements at the 22-acre park for $619,350.

Improvements include the construction of a pervious paver parking lot, driveway and walkway, installation of parking lot lights and relocation of the park’s entrance.

Surfaces Group was the lowest of four bidders on the project. The other three were: Tri Scapes, $751,845.08; Multiplex LLC, $633,000; and Woodwind Construction: $864,000.

Cost estimates for the project stood right around $450,000, and the project had about $539,000 in funding available. With that in mind, the city had to use $142,000 in its capital contingency fund to make up the difference. That amount includes the contract price as well as an additional 10 percent budgeted for contingency.

Sandy Springs Recreation and Parks Director Ronnie Young said he hopes work will start on the project around July 6.

Lost Corner Preserve, located at the corner of Riverside Drive/Dalrymple Road and Brandon Mill Road, was a once a working farm, and in 2006, the property’s owner approached the Sandy Springs Conservancy about creating a lasting nature preserve on the property.

Through a major fundraising effort and support from the Trust for Public Land and the city of Sandy Springs, Lost Corner was purchased and became an official city park in 2008.

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