New playground coming soon to North Augusta’s Creighton Park

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Creighton Park in North Augusta has been closed for a few months in preparation for something new, and on Tuesday, we got a first look at what’s to come.

We met up with North Augusta Councilwoman Jenafer McCauley to find out more.

North Augusta is getting a brand-new playground at Creighton Park.

This week, parts are being delivered and installed.

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“Creighton Park has been on the slate to be fixed up and revitalized for several years now, so we’re very excited for that to be actually happening,” said McCauley. “We’ve got new equipment starting to arrive, and the park really had become an unsafe zone with the equipment that was currently here, so we even had to close it prior to getting this to fruition, so now we’re excited to have new play equipment coming in.”

There was a specific vision when it came to designing this park, so it would feel right at home in North Augusta.

“We wanted it to have more of a natural feel to it so more of a earth-like environment, natural feel, kind of tying into the trees that are around in the park area and then obviously the living history park over here too so you’re going to see more of a woodsy theme with it,” said McCauley.

The new park will bring a variety of equipment for kids and families to enjoy.

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“There’ll be slides, there’s gonna be a zip line, there’s like a really cool log balance beam that kids will be able to come on and there’s gonna be a lot of climbing features too,” said McCauley. “We’re hoping that this will kind of bring more traction to this area.”

The city has big hopes for this park to become a common place for families to visit in North Augusta.

“It’s going to be another great resource for our quality of life amenity near our downtown area,” said McCauley. “Obviously great for kids, moms and families. Ultimately, we want to see it as a playground that you hopefully can go and get food at and then come down here and sit under the pavilion.”

The city hopes to have phase one completed by this summer.