South Surrey's Redwood Park is about to get a little larger.
At a recent meeting, Surrey's mayor and councillors unanimously agreed to approve a motion that will allow the purchase of property on the park's northwestern border.
With a purchase and sale agreement already negotiated with the property's owners, the move aligns with the city's long-term strategy of enlarging Redwood Park, Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke noted at the meeting.
"This is for additional parkland purposes... I think it's a great purchase," she said.
The 0.99-acre, rectangle-shaped property is zoned one-acre residential and designated rural in the city's Official Community Plan, with staff recommending the "highest and best use of the property, absent the park designation, would be as an improved rural residential holding property."
