How long until Fresno's $1.6M splash pad opens again?

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - While the impermanent closure of the splash pad whitethorn not beryllium perfect for residents, the metropolis says there’s thing to interest astir - the pad should beryllium backmost unfastened sooner alternatively than later.

“It was fun. it was cooling. a batch of radical that came, I mean this full spot was full. present it's empty," said Fresno nonmigratory Rashell Richardson.

Richardson comes down to the fink-white parkland regular with her family. She says the caller $1.6 cardinal splash pad has been amusive and utile to the community.

“A batch of radical don't person aerial conditioning, oregon it broke down oregon the powerfulness goes retired similar and it cools everybody disconnected and there's nary vigor strokes oregon thing similar that,” Richardson said.

Because the splash pad is temporarily closed, Richardson is spending clip wrong the park‘s recreational area. She says she wishes the circumstances were different.

“It's excessively blistery for it to beryllium closed down.”

Parcs' Director for The City of Fresno, Aaron Aguirre, says it shouldn’t beryllium unopen down for long.

“We've been moving with our contractor successful the manufacture of the splash pad equipment. those repairs are underway. and with each schedules that we're seeing now, we mean to unfastened this play with the extremity being tomorrow, being backmost up and running,” helium said.

Aguirre says the splash pad was closed due to the fact that determination was a leak with 1 of the plumbing fixtures.

“That is being replaced by the contractor. determination is simply a cure process for astir 24 hours. truthful erstwhile that cures and that bonding cause is acceptable to go, past we volition occurrence the system, backmost up,” helium said.

So radical tin get backmost to splashing around, and staying chill successful this heat. The splash pad is inactive nether warranty, truthful repairs won’t outgo the metropolis anything.

The park’s excavation country volition besides beryllium unfastened for an other 2 hours: from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday to accommodate for the closure.