West Vancouver municipal staff cut and trim shrubs and trees away from the Marine Drive entrance to Memorial Park in West Vancouver, photo mike wakefield
West Van’s Memorial Park gets a makeover
West Vancouver’s Memorial Park is getting spruced up.
The restoration, which is expected to be finished by the end of January, includes cleaning the partly overgrown Memorial Arch and cenotaph, and planting a new hedge that will encircle die cenotaph.
The $60,000 plan includes the cost of a new cement plaza, which was
installed prior to this year’s Remembrance Day, and repositioning or removing vegetation throughout the park, said Donna Powers, a spokeswoman for the District ofWest Vancouver.
Dogwoods planted too closely to the arch were cut down because they were too thin and unable to grow into trees, and several magnolia trees were relocated, said Powers.
The park, which is between 19th and 20th streets oh Marine Drive, is a place where people can gather to remember West Vancouver men and women who fought and died during the Korean and world wars.
An accessible path from the west corner of Marine Drive, included as part of next year’s budget, will be built later in 2014, Powers said.	—Jules Knox