A rendering of 4th and Dauphin Park following the improvements
Improvement work has begun at 4th and Dauphin Park, the final project of a years-long parks collaboration between Harrisburg and Capital Region Water (CRW).
The park, across the street from the Pennsylvania National Fire Museum, is undergoing thorough restoration, with new landscaping, playground equipment, sidewalks and stormwater management features.
Work should be completed in late spring or early summer of 2021, according to CRW.
Citywide playground renovations began about three years ago, part of a $2 million partnership among Harrisburg, Capital Region Water, Impact Harrisburg and the commonwealth.
This is the fifth—and final—neighborhood park project for the city and CRW, which previously restored the Cloverly Heights, Penn & Sayford, Royal Terrace and Norwood & Holly parks.
CRW has used the projects to install numerous stormwater management features to reduce the flow of polluted water and wastewater into Paxton Creek and the Susquehanna River.
In the case of 4th and Dauphin Park, stormwater management elements include rain gardens, a pervious basketball court and restored vegetation, which will complement less visible infrastructure improvements such as drainage structures, catch basins and storm sewer pipes, according to CRW.
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