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- 0:05Speaker 1: Additional delays to playground equipment at Strauss Park written by
- 0:10Matthias Werner. This article is being read by an automated
- 0:14voice brought to you by Everlett. Kids in Mendota will
- 0:19have to wait a little while longer to get on
- 0:21the new playground equipment at Strauss Park Following an additional
- 0:25delay a couple of rounds of incorrect equipment being shipped
- 0:30from Game Time, an Alabama based supplier, have pushed the
- 0:33completion date further into the future, although project director Annie
- 0:37Short said there is no definitive timeline. We're going to
- 0:41ask them game time if they can supply us with
- 0:43some extra playground equipment, which would be nice. She said,
- 0:48We're still in negotiation as to what is going to happen,
- 0:51but we'll see what we can do with that. In
- 0:54a conversation at the beginning of May, following an initial
- 0:57problem with the shipment, Mayor Dave Bulk said that the
- 1:01park should have been up and running by the end
- 1:03of April. It has not been a very positive experience.
- 1:06Short said