A popular splash pad that was closed last season has been repaired and will open this weekend 

AMMON — A section scatter pad that was closed past twelvemonth for repairs is now unfastened again.

The Ammon Splash Pad is located successful McCowin Park by nan swimming excavation and is known arsenic a celebrated recreational spot. It’s free for nan organization to use. 

It will unfastened for nan play connected Saturday, June 1. The scatter pad will beryllium successful action for an arena called “Summer Kickoff” astatine McCowin Park from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. There will beryllium music, prizes, nutrient and free swimming. 

“We expect that it will run done nan full season,” said metropolis administrator Micah Austin, successful respect to nan scatter pad. 

The scatter pad did not unfastened past twelvemonth owed to extended repairs that were ongoing passim nan full season. There were galore problems that had to beryllium addressed. Click present to publication nan erstwhile story.

“We had to switch nan holding tanks that proviso h2o to nan scatter pad. The original holding tanks had collapsed and were unusable,” Austin explained. 

There were delays successful getting nan correct parts and correct holding tanks. 

The repairs for nan scatter pad costs $107,419.72 and came from nan metropolis of Ammon’s reserve fund, Austin said. 

Now that nan scatter pad is afloat operational, nan metropolis will proceed to show it and make judge nan repairs that were done each activity arsenic planned. 

“We cognize it’s 1 of nan astir utilized features successful nan metropolis of Ammon truthful we apologize to nan nationalist for not having it fresh past twelvemonth but we are excited to person it going for this year,” Austin said. “Come retired and usage it. Have fun, bask nan scatter pad, and bring a picnic.”

The scatter pad will stay unfastened passim nan summertime until August. It’s unfastened from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday done Saturday.  Click here for much information. 

The scatter pad. | Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com