Cheney parks get new playground equipment

By DAVID TELLER

Staff Reporter

Following the direction of comments taken from Betz Park meetings, playgrounds at some Cheney parks will have a new look as some of the existing equipment has become outdated and no longer meet safety standards.

Pending City Council approval of the $145,000 project, Cheney Parks and Recreation director Paul Simmons said the decision to install the new equipment comes from two sources. Some of the feedback from public meetings indicated members of the public would not support the new 50-acre park on Betz Road unless the city brought the existing parks “up to speed...