A wintery NE playground. Photo Creds: Benjamin Gerow
According to a city report, Calgary could potentially lose hundreds of aging playgrounds unless the city counsel approves more than $200 million in the next decade for upkeep.
The report detailed a little more than half of the cities playgrounds are older than 20 years and rated in “fair condition.” As of now, the $1.2 million dollar budget the city has is only good for 8-10 playground renewals. Despite the sheer number of playgrounds and the number of them increasing by almost 25 percent, that budget has stayed almost the same.
The City of Calgary administration is asking the infrastructure and planning committee to recommend counselors increase annual funding amid the report, nearly 19 million more, which works out to about 200 million over the next decade.
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