During the past few years, Frenchtown Township has been developing a new park near the Blue Bush Branch Library/Township Fire Hall at Stewart Road’s perpendicular turn towards Bates Lane.  The park is not terribly large in size, but it does contain a solid, paved loop trail.  The trail is good for dog walkers and recreational walkers/joggers, but it doesn’t pass through any interesting natural habitat.

Dean Cousino of the Monroe Evening News has a report in today’s editions related to Frenchtown Township’s five-year capital improvements plan.  It includes this excerpt related to the new park:

The township is planning to spend $200,000 a year for further development of the park. Already completed in Phase 2 are a Playscape, a paved 10-foot-wide path for walking and jogging and a soccer field located adjacent to the Forest Glen subdivision.

The township spent about $95,000 for the Playscape and $55,000 for the soccer field, path, sidewalk and parking lot. The soccer field was seeded in August, and local officials are hoping to use it in the spring.

A baseball field also is being graded and seeded for use next year. The township probably saved about $20,000 by using more than 150 loads of topsoil from the park project for the baseball field, the supervisor said.

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