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Officials approve newequipment install for twoRoundRock parks
BY BROOKE SJOBERG
turf field over at [Buck Egger] Park. We’re about to be putting in a second one. We’ll be taking out that play structure as well,” said Rick Atkins, Round Rock parks and recreation director. The play structure at Kinningham Park was installed in 2003 and has outlived its usefulness, according to city documents. Atkins said while similar projects have previously been completed within a couple of months of approval, supply chain issues have manufacturers giving estimates of six to seven months before orders for products such as playground equip- ment can be fulfilled. City documents state crews will install the playground equipment to coincide with the completion of the new Kinningham House, a camp facility that will also serve as a rentable venue.
ROUND ROCK Residents who frequent Kinningham and Buck Egger parks can expect to see some note- worthy changes on the playgrounds in six or seven months, according to city officials. Round Rock City Council approved the replacement of playground equipment at Kinningham and Buck Egger parks during a Jan. 13 meeting. The $141,263.27 Kinningham Park project includes the demolition of the current playground as well as the purchase and installation of new equipment and safety surfacing. The city’s parks improvement and acquisition fund will cover the costs. The Buck Egger Park project will see the playground’s equipment and safety surfacing replaced for $114,731.64 through the city’s general self-financed construction fund. “We just completed one synthetic
Changes at Kinningham Park should begin in mid-2022. (Courtesy city of Round Rock)
HOWMUCH WILL IT COST? Replacement playscapes at Buck Egger and Kinningham parks in Round Rock are coming as some park equipment nears the end of its useful life, according to Parks and Recreation Director Rick Atkins.
Kinningham Park: $141,263.27
Buck Egger Park: $114,731.64
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