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Childs play is costly deal for City of Manteca
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William Martin Park in North Manteca is a leading candidate for new playground equipment after all of the equipment that was at the park was removed for safety reasons. - photo by HIME ROMERO
Child’s play isn’t cheap.Manteca is into the 13th year of upgrading playground equipment at the city’s various parks that predate 1990. Some playgrounds had fallen into disrepair due to extensive vandalism. Many no longer met new mandatory safety standards established in 2000 by the State of California and Consumer Product Safety Commission.