An overhauled Huddlestone Park is now a more accessible play space, including a new zip-line bucket ride feature. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By Ian Holmes

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Revamped Lantzville park re-opens

Apr 13, 2026 | 12:00 PM

LANTZVILLE — Closed for a month to make way for construction crews, a primary public gathering space in Lantzville has re-opened.

Huddlestone Park on Lantzville Rd. located on the edge of Lantzville’s village core recently re-opened, following several accessibility-related improvements.

Enhancements include a new zipline feature, rubber surfacing, a merry-go-round, refreshed wood fibers in the playground area, accessible gravel-packed pathways, as well as additional accessible features in the washroom.

Brette Ehalt and her family were enjoying the enhanced park on Monday, April 13.

“It’s a beloved park, it’s important to keep it upgraded and as a draw for kids to come play, we want to get our kids outside as much as possible.”

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Ehalt is pleased with the modernized rubberized surfacing for a portion of the playground.

“This merry-go-round is a lot safer than other parks that we’ve been to, actually one of my kids got hurt last week on an older merry-go-round, so this one is obviously safer than ones that we would have had growing up.”

Over $80,000 federal government grant for the District of Lantzville to absorb a majority of the project costs.

Temporary fencing has portions of Huddlestone Park blocked off for the time being for grass hydro-seeding.

Huddlestone Park’s washroom building has additional accessibility features. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

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by Ian Holmes

Revamped Lantzville park re-opens

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