Middlesex County park in Edison to close indefinitely

EDISON – Thomas A. Edison Park, a Middlesex County facility off Mill Road and adjacent to Middlesex College, will close Monday, Dec. 12 indefinitely for pending construction in the area.

All fields, comfort stations, walking paths, parking lots and tennis courts will be inaccessible to the public. The Thomas A. Edison Park Model Airplane Field, however, located in the back of the park, will not be impacted and will remain open to the public.

The park closing will allow work to begin this month on Middlesex County's Community Innovation and Opportunity Strategic Investment Plan, which is designed to transform and bolster the county college and Magnet School System to meet the community's needs and become a destination in the region.

The Strategic Investment Plan includes an open-air multipurpose community venue for concerts, cultural events and multiple sports such as baseball, soccer and lacrosse; a workforce development and conference center; a new community park featuring an educational children’s amenity; a new college student center which will include campus and community amenities; a new Middlesex County Magnet School, the Middlesex County Magnet School of the Future; a destination athletic complex featuring 14 multi-sport synthetic fields; 16 tennis courts and a state-of-the-art recreational cricket field and an expansion of the existing exterior spaces, by adding public art, seating and water features.

The plan is aimed at guiding the growth of Middlesex College over the next decade, while also enhancing life quality and drive economic development for the county.

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No cost estimates, funding sources or timetable has been provided for when these projects could come to fruition.

While Thomas A. Edison Park is closed and undergoing the transformation, paved walking pathways are available at nearby Roosevelt Park in Edison, Warren Park in Woodbridge and at the 3.5-mile-long Middlesex Greenway stretching from Metuchen, through Edison, to Woodbridge.

Tennis courts are available for daytime and evening play at Roosevelt Park, Warren Park and Fords Park in Woodbridge. Playgrounds can be found at Roosevelt, Warren and Fords as well.

This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: Middlesex County park in Edison NJ to close indefinitely