After years of design work, bids and grant applications, construction on the Falcon dog park, part of the Falcon Regional Park, is almost complete.Jason Meyer, project manager II with the planning division of the El Paso County Community Services Department, is overseeing the project, and he said work will be done at the site during the next couple months.El Paso County approved a master plan for the regional park in 2014, which included plans for the 10-acre dog park. Initially, the master plan included a 4-acre dog park but community members pushed for the additional space.Meyer said the county has a $60,000 budget for the park ó $45,000 is from a Great Outdoors Colorado mini-grant that uses a portion of state lottery proceeds to fund projects like this one. The budget cap slowed progress on construction because some bids came back higher than expected, Meyer said.ìWe are currently installing fencing for the dog park,î he said. ìThere will be an 8-acre part for large dogs and 2 acres for small dogs, which will be fenced off from each other. We are also working to get the parking lot done in the next month or two.îAdditionally, the dog park will include a looped trail that will be installed once the fencing and paving of the parking lot is completed, Meyer said. Ideally, the park will be completed by Dec. 31, but Colorado weather makes it difficult to commit to that date; thus, the completion date could be sometime in January, he said.ìWe are planning to do a ribbon cutting ceremony when construction is completed.î
