Reminder: Park Restrooms, Drinking Fountains, and Court Lights to Close as Cold Weather Approaches

The Logansport Parks & Recreation Department would like to remind the public that as cold weather approaches, it will be necessary to shut down restrooms and drinking fountains in the city parks.  The process of shutting water off for the winter and clearing water from pipes is very labor intensive and requires a 2-3 week window to take care of all the water lines in the parks. Without these measures, water freezes and expands inside the pipes, breaking the pipes and creating expensive and inconvenient repairs. 

Closures are scheduled as follows-weather permitting:

• Week of October 21^st: closing all drinking fountains and the restrooms at Fairview, Wright Street Bark Park, & Dykeman.
• Week of October 28^th: Huston Park & Riverside restrooms will be closed.
• Week of November 4^th: Spencer Park Restrooms to be closed.
• Restrooms that don’t close in the winter? McHale Complex’s interior & exterior restroom, the restrooms inside the Depot at Iron Horse Park, and the Penman Building Restrooms.

In addition, lights at all basketball courts will be shut down beginning November 1^st.  Reduced public play and budget controls have made this step necessary for the Parks Department.

Questions may be directed to the Parks office at 753-6969 or e-mail to parksinfo@cityoflogansport.org .