Fredericton lands new $850K water park
An $850,000-water park, designed with the help of Fredericton elementary students, will replace the old wading pool at Wilmot Park by next August, says Coun. Kate Rogers.
New park, slated to open by August 2016, will replace old wading pool at Wilmot Park
A new water park will replace the old wading pool at Fredericton's Wilmot Park next year.
The project is expected to cost $850,000, she said.
Students at local elementary schools helped develop the design.
"It will have water cannons, water mushrooms, two small wading pools and a bucket that drops water every minute," she said.
"There will also be washrooms on site and more parent-friendly space."
The councilor said there will lots of sitting room in both the sun and shade.
The current wading pool was built in 1967 as a centennial project by the local Jewish community.
Rogers says the pipes underneath the pool were leaking so much last summer, it was difficult to maintain.