The Resilient Moakley Park team returned to Saunders Stadium on Saturday to share an updated plan for the new park and continue gathering community feedback.

The project will overhaul the 60-acre park with new recreational, athletic, and public health facilities, including a resilient berm designed to prevent flooding that could cause $615 million in damage to the surrounding neighborhood.

Since their last public meeting in November, Senior Parks Manager Marin Braco said the project has seen a handful of big changes.

A fourth dedicated Little League field has been added to the park’s new clover-shaped ball field layout, and the baseball and soccer fields have been separated into their own clusters.

“Some of the feedback we got from coaches was that during tournaments, or if you have kids playing at different leagues, it’s just easier if all the soccer fields are in one spot and all the ball fields are in one spot,” Braco said.

New lighting in the park can allow for games to run as late as 10:45 p.m. with improved drainage and synthetic turf will keep the fields playable for more of the year. Two multi-use fields, play areas, multi-use courts, and a new skate plaza will round out the park’s athletic offerings.

Parks and Recreation is also working with the Departments of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) and Transportation (MassDOT) to upgrade the surrounding roads. The Babe Ruth Park Dr. curb line will be extended to shorten the crosswalk, and a two-way raised cycle track is planned to circle the full length of the park. An additional 96 street parking spaces and 119 in new on-site lots will triple Moakley’s total parking spaces, while allowing for options closer to specific facilities.

The flood barrier will now extend closer to Saunders Stadium to better protect it from the elements. The berm, functionally a big hill, will section off an area of the park designed to flood and drain quickly – preventing mosquito infestation.

“Coastal flooding will come over Day Boulevard a few times a year with increased intensity over the next few decades,” Braco said. “We will have rain gardens and stormwater basins that will be able to capture the rainwater, and then on the coastal side it will connect eventually into the City system, but it will do that slowly in a way that won’t cause additional inland flooding.”

Braco added that the design team will be in the park weekly for Southie Summer Nights and plans to host a monthly park clean-up. Being in the park, she said, invites more feedback from people actively using Moakley’s current facilities.

“We’re trying to explain the project in as many different ways to sort of make it as accessible as possible,” she said. “Being able to plug into existing events like the summer nights really helps us to get more exposure.”

Braco invites community members to send feedback on the project to her at [email protected] and sign up for the project’s newsletter for more updates.