By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
In September, the Great Bend Recreation Commission Board approved a bid from Athco to resurface the rubber pad at the My Backyard Playground. The bid was not to exceed $20,000 to patch holes and add a half inch of surfacing to the playground outside of the Activity Center on 18th Street.
Great Bend Rec Executive Director Chris Umphres said adding surfacing in a new area brought an extra cost for the preparation work.
"That would get that peninsula area of mulch right by drums and pavilion," said Umphres. "It'll clean that up. If we're going to do it, we might as well do it right. The patches are falling apart. We got our use out of that."
The Great Bend Rec Board approved the change order from Athco for a total bill of $22,463.
The My Backyard Playground opened in December 2015 and recently added the Ninja Course and rockwall.