Bedford's DeWolf Park playground to be demolished, rebuilt

Halifax wants to build a new playground in Bedford's DeWolf Park, even though the one that's being torn down has just received some high praise.

The municipalityissued a tender seeking proposals from companies hoping to win the contract to build a new play structure.

• Nova Scotia's coolest playgrounds

But last month,Parenting Magazine named thepark one of Atlantic Canada's eightbest playgrounds. The older wooden structure is modelled after the HMCSHaida and is one of the Halifax's largest playgrounds.

"Toddlerstopreteenswill have a ball touring the vast wooden vessel," said the magazine.

The playground was also listed as one of Nova Scotia's coolest playgrounds, in a recent poll by Mainstreet listeners.

Coun. Tim Outhit said there have been safetyconcerns about the structure.

"The location is what people love most, and that will not change," said Outhit.