Work starts soon on nation’s largest covered skatepark

Work starts soon on nation’s largest covered skatepark
By Lindsey Riley

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EUGENE, Ore. – Almost 10 years in the making, a $2.5 million project to build the nation’s largest covered skatepark and transform a downtown park plagued by problems begins August 1.

Washington-Jefferson Park will never look the same.

“This whole area is going to raise about three feet, and then we will have big deep holes inside here,” Emily Proudfoot with the City of Eugene explained, looking at the park sheltered beneath on overpass. “There will be a half-acre skate park right here.”

Check out the whole article and video at KVAL.com.



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