Allegheny County is planning on completing and opening its $4.7 million sculpture garden and renovations to the grounds in Hartwood Acres in June. In June 2021, Allegheny County and the Allegheny County Parks Foundation broke ground for the massive project. The parks foundation considers the effort its largest and most
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OGDEN A prison informant told Weber County investigators in 2006 that Douglas Lovell, the man who d killed Joyce Yost in 1985 to prevent her from testifying in a sexual assault and kidnapping case, had lied to police about the location of Yost s body. Doug told me every nook and cranny of everything, Jared Dee Briggs told investigators in a video recording of his Dec. 15, 2006, interview with investigators.
KSL s investigative podcast series Cold obtained a copy of the video recorded at the Utah State Prison, which has not previously been made public.
Lovell had admitted in 1993 to killing Yost. As part of plea negotiations, he led South Ogden police to the place where he d claimed to have killed and buried Yost along the Old Snowbasin Road. An intensive search of that area subsequently failed to turn up any sign of Yost s remains.
The $3.9 million construction project is being completed by Plavchak Construction Co., Inc. of Elizabeth.
LaQuatra Bonci Associates led the design team.
Work will feature ADA-accessible walkways that wind through the park’s lawns to link the pieces, along with LED lighting and native landscaping. Nearly 300 trees, more than 100 shrubs and thousands of perennials will be planted.
Reconfigured driveways and parking areas will be designed with principles of green engineering and rain gardens that help absorb stormwater runoff.
Portions of the existing asphalt roads will be widened and resurfaced.
Work is expected to last through the end of the year.
“By placing the bulk of these pieces of art at center stage, the public has more opportunity to engage with this art than ever before,” county Executive Rich Fitzgerald said.