FERGUS – Township staff believe the Fergus Dog Park still has its bite.
A report to head before the Centre Wellington Healthy Communities Advisory Committee on Wednesday night provides an update on the future of the off-leash park.
Pat Newson, the township’s managing director of community service, will be presenting the parks and recreation master plan.
This plan details the park ” is expected to meet the needs of the township over the next ten years.”
The master plan’s community survey recorded two out of every five respondents as having walked a dog in the past 12 months.
The report also mentions the survey placed the lowest priority on developing additional off-leash parks with a support level of 46 per cent.
Staff believe this may suggest survey participants feel the Fergus Dog Park is “generally satisfying needs for the time being (or that dog parks are not a priority relative to other needs).”
This survey and master plan follow up a public meeting in August, in which the township aimed to gather public input on the future of the park.
The committee meeting will begin in Centre Wellington at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
