By Harini, Parks and Playground Critic
Mattocks Park, with its charming name and location, seems like a great location to hang out and play, right? Unfortunately, Mattocks Park is actually a poorly maintained place, which is both unsanitary and unsafe. Upon entering the park, two broken, muddy, clogged water fountains come into view. All the puddles accumulating there attract mosquitoes and other creatures, which can harm little kids who don’t know any better than to play in dirty water. Many kids ride their bikes in park, and Mattocks is not an exception. Unfortunately, there are no proper and clean bike trails in or near the park, so these kids have got to settle for the gritty and messy side walk that runs in the middle of the park. This can be unsafe for the bikers and other people playing near the side walk because a biker could fall into the sand near the sidewalk and get hurt. The swings at the park were rusted and squeaked uncontrollably. Also, one of them feels like it will fall apart any second, which likely means that one day it will. I imagine that the kid on this swing would be hurt. But the community doesn’t appear to try to fix this. To make matters worse, the sand surrounding the swings appears to be infested with insects, vile creatures such as Japanese beetles or others. It’s possible some of these insects could carry diseases, so the sand should be cleaned. Altogether, Mattocks Park has some unsafe aspects and should be temporarily avoided until it is fixed. |
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