City officials can’t give an exact date of closure yet because it depends on the schedule — and the weather — affecting the contractor, who is on another job that has to be finished before coming here. Huff said the closure of the dog park should occur sometime in the next couple weeks. Construction could last through the end of the year, officials said.

Angel Villalva, out exercising his two-month-old husky, Dakota, was surprised by the news of the closure.

“I’ve been coming to this one because it is gated, so it is a bit safer for her to be running around,” he said.

Connor Stoddard said he comes from High Point to take his 4-month-old dog, Luna, to the Washington Park dog park because he likes the park.

But Stoddard said improvements would be “wonderful.”

“The last couple years I have been coming here, they have been making improvements, so any new improvements will be great,” he said.

The stream rehabilitation will be done on about 600 feet of a small tributary that has experienced severe erosion. The tributary crosses from the south side of the park to Salem Creek, passing along the west side of an area that is kept mowed.