A proposed splash park in Fort Frances is gaining strong support in the Tbaytel for Good Community Fund program.
It was sitting first after the first day of public voting, which kicked off on Thursday.
The town’s operation and facilities manager Travis Rob is looking for the momentum to continue.
“Absolutely. Getting the public support behind us, getting people out voting. Voting is done online. You can vote as many times as you want (until) October 18th as often as you want, throughout the day, any day, any number of times per day. There’s no limit. Every time you vote, you can see after you vote where our project is in the standings and vote some more if you have the time,” says Rob.
At the same time, the organizing committee has launched a social media campaign to keep residents up to date on the project’s progress.
“Our committee that’s working on this project does have a Facebook page where we’ll be providing updates throughout the design phases, kind of leading up to construction and then through construction.”
It includes an aerial view identifying the location of where the splash pad may go.
“Nothing at this point was cast in stone,” says Rob. We’re still working with the splash pad designer on the design features of the pad itself. We’re going to be working with different vendors through the winter to kind of fill out exactly what sort of upgrades are going to happen to the remaining park infrastructure.”
Rob adds a road works designer is looking at the reconstruction of Lily Avenue, the addition of parking, sidewalks, as well as traffic signals and a pedestrian crosswalk on King’s Highway for people to access the splash park safely.
To vote for the project click here.
