Image of Grandpa Al Lewis Playground From Roosevelt Island 360 Special Playground Correspondent Roosevelt Island 360 reports on a potential safety problem at Grandpa Al Lewis Playground:
The playground equipment at Grandpa Al Lewis Playground is probably the most heavily used on Roosevelt Island due to its location and popularity to all the local kids. That popularity has taken its toll on the equipment. And an accident is just waiting to happen.
After the removal of the overhead monkey bars RIOC fenced off the remaining platform securing the fences with plastic straps. Straps that have to endure the pressure of hundreds of kids weekly pulling and pushing upon the fences. At one end of one fence four straps secure the fence. The other side only two. The second fence only has one remaining strap.
It is this fence and remaining strap that will probably soon fail and I believe RIOC should be monitoring and fixing before something happens.
On our way home from the playground we stopped in at Public Safety to report the condition. We’ll see how long it takes to be truly repaired. Simply replacing straps is not a long term option.
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