Cliff Drive Park getting a makeover

A makeover is underway at Cliff Drive Park, at Riverside Avenue and Cliff Drive in Newport Beach.

The $150,000 park refurbishment will refresh the landscaping and update the irrigation system. A separate project will involve new sidewalks in the area.

The spruce-up, part of a City Council initiative for 2014, also promises to provide an example of the kind of revitalization that could be done in other city parks, Councilman Tony Petros, who has spearheaded the effort, said at the council meeting Tuesday.

— Emily Foxhall

Twitter: @emfoxhall