The City of Somerville will be installing stone dust at the Nunziato Off-Leash Recreational Area the week of November 27 (weather permitting). The job of installing the stone dust will take five days, and the OLRA will be closed twenty-four hours a day while the work is being completed. While installation is in progress the area will not be safe for park users due to uneven terrain.

The entire OLRA will be resurfaced with stone dust on the recommendation of a landscape architect. Due to the intense usage of the OLRA (it is one of the most-used open spaces in the City), about half of the area has been stripped of grass. The exposed dirt is vulnerable to erosion, and the landscape architects project that, without resurfacing the area, the dirt would continue to wash downhill and mud would collect under the picnic table on the Summer Street end of the park. A surface of stone dust will solve the mud problem.