Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Full speed ahead at All Abilities Park

The St. George city council is scheduled to consider another round of bids to add new amenities to the park, including a variety of specially-designed playground equipment and a 2,700-foot train ride. The city council approved $2 million to be budgeted toward the project and managers have identified another $1 million that could come from other sources like a park impact account and donations from the city’s marathon. Building the train and some of the other optional improvements could take another $1 million. The initial earthwork has already been completed, and earlier this year the council approved more than $500,000 for a locomotive, train depot and shade structure. The Spectrum