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Resident questions $950,000 Doric Avenue splash pad after Budlong Pool closure; council asks Public Works to review
Summary
During public comment at the April 28 Cranston City Council meeting, resident Robert Ferry said reporting that Budlong Pool will not open this summer and that a splash pad on Doric Avenue is proposed at an estimated cost near $950,000. The council directed Councilwoman Graziano to add the matter to the next Public Works meeting for review.
Robert Ferry, a Cranston resident, told the City Council on April 28 that he had read a local news report saying Budlong Pool would not open this summer and that the city was proposing a splash pad on Doric Avenue for about $950,000.
"There was gonna be a splash pad opened on Doric Avenue at a cost of nearly a million dollars," Ferry said during the public-comment period. He asked council members where the money would come from and said he had not seen public input about the…
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