Ribbon-Cutting Planned For New Playground At Lake Accotink Park

SPRINGFIELD, VA — Crews have finished construction of a new playground at Lake Accotink Park in Springfield, according to Braddock District Supervisor James Walkinshaw.

Walkinshaw will be joined by Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay and Fairfax County Park Authority officials at a ceremonial ribbon-cutting for the new playground on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 5 p.m.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted in May to approve $300,000 in funding for the Fairfax County Park Authority to replace the playground at Lake Accotink Park as part of the board’s third quarter review of funding adjustments to its budget.

Due to safety concerns, the old playground equipment at Lake Accotink Park was removed in early May. The playground was installed in 1995 and had been closed since November 2022 due to equipment damage. The playground could not be repaired because the original equipment vendor is no longer in business, according to the county.

Lake Accotink Park receives hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, with the playground, located near the park's marina, as one of its central amenities.

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