Construction Progress | Roanoke Park Playground Replacement | Let's Talk Mercer Island

New picnic tables

The renovated playground includes a new gathering area featuring one accessible picnic table and one standard picnic table.

Construction awareness signage posted on-site

Site demolition

New play equipment stored on-site

Removing existing timber curb

Completed site demolition

Grading the site

Uncovering old play equipment footings

Trenching for play area curbing

New drainage pipe

Removing old concrete footings

Marking locations for new play equipment

Installing crushed rock subgrade

Keying-in the drainage fabric

New drainage connection

Improving the existing stormwater outfall

Drainage system

Installing new play equipment posts

Concrete footing for the new spinner

Posts for new net climber

Setting concrete forms for new play curb

Renovated drainage ditch on 70th Ave SE

Concrete and other construction activity on May 6

Softening the slope on 70th Ave SE

Completed form for concrete curb

Prepping the site for concrete and other upcoming work

Concrete boom pump to pour curb

Observing concrete pour

Pouring concrete curbing

Compacting concrete

Poured concrete curb

Completed section of concrete curb

Posts for the new 2-5 play structure

Site progress on 05.30.25

Installing the Neptun Climber

New cone spinner

Roadway impacts on West Mercer Way on June 11

Installing the first layer of poured-in-place surfacing

PIP progress around the new swings

Site progress - 06.18.25

Finished PIP surfacing and picnic pad

Finished PIP surfacing

New parking area curb

New picnic tables

Trench drain setting

Adjusting the catch basin and drainage swale

New underdrain in drainage swale

Concrete form for parking area trench drain

Compost and topsoil restoration

New play area bench

Pouring ADA parking stall

Installing the new concrete sidewalk

New sidewalk and ADA parking stall

Temporary irrigation and fencing