{"id":820200,"date":"2026-07-23T05:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820200\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:27:14","slug":"major-upgrades-coming-to-popular-newton-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820200\/","title":{"rendered":"Major upgrades coming to popular Newton parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

About $27.5 million in upgrades are coming to Newton Athletic Park<\/a> and Unwin Park<\/a> that will deliver new amenities and athletic facilities that will benefit residents, athletes and visitors alike.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The investment includes $16.5 million from the City of Surrey and $11 million from the Government of Canada through the Build Communities Strong Fund<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

These projects enhance public spaces and community amenities in Newton, while advancing Surrey\u2019s Sport Tourism Strategy<\/a> by adding facilities that support local sporting clubs and help attract sporting tournaments and events.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Park improvements to support healthy, active communities\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newton Athletic Park is one of Surrey\u2019s premier sport destinations serving athletes, sports organizations and residents year-round. New amenities being added to the park include a new turf field and practice area, energy efficient lighting along the walking track, and 4 new lighted tennis courts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unwin Park is set to become an even more active and inclusive community hub with a range of new amenities. Guided by public feedback in the development of the Unwin Park Plan, new facilities include:\u00a0<\/p>\n

a covered sport court\u00a0\u00a0a field house with washrooms and change rooms\u00a0pickleball, tennis and basketball courts\u00a0enhanced walking paths\u00a0upgraded spray park\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional parking, new park entrances, and other amenities will help strengthen accessibility and community use.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Construction to begin this summer\u00a0<\/p>\n

Upgrades to these parks will begin this summer beginning with the covered sport court at Unwin Park. Many of these improvements will be added over the next few years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

For updates on these and other park improvements, visit surrey.ca\/parkprojects<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About $27.5 million in upgrades are coming to Newton Athletic Park and Unwin Park that will deliver new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-820200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}