By Srianthi Perera | East Valley Tribune
Gilbert officials are moving along on two floodwater detention projects that will produce two new parks – including a massive recreation area in a part of the town that has long waited for a substantial area to play.
The 272-acre Gilbert Regional Park, located in the Chandler Heights Basin near the southwest corner of Queen Creek and Higley roads, is slowly becoming a reality in a relatively underserved part of the town.
There’s still a long time – to July 2019 – before people will be able to walk on its first blades of grass or lob an inaugural tennis ball.
