City of Lethbridge addresses concerns over Galt Gardens play space – Lethbridge | 24CA News
Construction is underway on the brand new play area at Galt Gardens. As work begins, the City of Lethbridge is fielding considerations from residents.
“I would say that there are several things the city is working on currently to reactivate the space in Galt Gardens Park, so the play space is just one of those elements that we are trying to bring in positive behaviours into the space,” stated Crystal Scheit, the town’s city revitalization supervisor.
“The City has been trying for (three) decades to revitalize the downtown area. Putting a playground in Galt Gardens will not bring the people down. It’s so painful to see the continued waste of money,” learn one touch upon Twitter.
Another remark reads: “Its naive to think that anyone that’s familiar with the goings on in the downtown core would go there.”
Scheit saidthe metropolis has steps in place to assist tackle security considerations and is working with the police service to implement these methods.
“We’ve also increased our cleaning capacity within the park, we have security within the park to also help create more body’s in the space,” she added.
The challenge is being partially funded by federal grant cash, nevertheless, some on-line feedback voiced concern in regards to the extra prices.
“You can say you are getting grants for the park but who pays for the extras, policing, having staff clean the park (two) times a day, security walking around the park. These will all cost the city money,” stated a tweet.
Scheit added spending the cash in downtown and drawing extra exercise to Galt Gardens will assist with its revitalization and development.
“We’ve had many years showing and research that shows that reactivating a space in a positive way tends to drive out that negative behaviour so that is just one of the things that we are working on.”
You can discover extra particulars in regards to the play area right here. Construction is about to be full by the top of September.
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