(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

For several weeks now, Brush Creek Park has been a top talking point at the weekly Commissioners’ work session, with citizens and officials from Marion Township discussing the matter with the Board of Commissioners. So with the recent announcement that the Commissioners were looking into road repairs at Brush Creek, it should be no surprise that the topic once again dominated the session with plenty of discussion and citizens’ opinions.

Public Works director Dan Colville was the first to speak about the issue, saying that in order for the road entering Brush Creek to be suitable for users, that a full repair is necessary:

 

Commissioner Sandie Egley also felt that the road was a concern, and one that masks the “beautiful” semblance of the park itself:

 

Egley, however, did comment that the goals being used for the soccer fields were also an eyesore, being rusted and infested to the point of unusable.

But several Marion Township residents were resilient in their concerns with the park. One of them, Jody McElwain, said that one thing that the park was missing was a new playground that she felt would not cost the county much, and also that the conditions of the park itself could lead to trouble:

 

While the Commissioners seemed to agree with the outcries of concern, they held firm to the prioritizing of the road to the park being fixed first. Solicitor Garen Fedeles echoed as much, and said that the county is looking into possible financial sources to get the repairs done:

 

Commissioner Tony Amadio and Assistant Solicitor Nathan Morgan were absent from the August 7 session. The commissioners will reconvene for public session on August 8 at 10:00 AM.