Gwinnett signs contract for Suwanee’s George Pierce Park improvements

Suwanee residents will benefit from improvements coming to George Pierce Park, 55 Buford Highway in Suwanee. Gwinnett Commissioners recently approved a $2,554,084 contract with low bidder Tri Scapes, Inc. for the park enhancements.

This contract will provide improvements to the restroom, playground, paved trails, ADA walkways, storm water and sanitary sewer, utilities, portable water, electrical supply to the restroom, retaining walls, and boardwalks. Enhancements will also include a bridge over the stream, stairs, fencing, landscaping, railing, wood retaining walls, concrete walks and stairs, repairs to the existing parking lot and picnic pavilion. Visitors to the park will also benefit from a woodland trail loop connected to the paved trail system and extending up a wooded stream valley, as well as repairs to the existing picnic pavilion.

Funding for the work comes from various SPLOST programs.