{"id":286071,"date":"2026-09-14T22:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286071\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T22:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:58:09","slug":"reading-moves-forward-on-4-5m-splashpad-to-replace-hillside-pool-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286071\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading moves forward on $4.5M splashpad to replace Hillside Pool | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, Pa. &#8211; Summer may be coming to an end, but Reading is already making plans for next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Monday night, City Council is expected to award a contract for more than four-and-a-half million dollars to build a new splashpad to replace the former Hillside Pool.<\/p>\n<p>The 5,500 square foot space will feature three different sections that&#8217;ll allow children of all ages and abilities to play.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be new bathrooms, pavilions and a concession stand.<\/p>\n<p>The splashpad will operate similar to the Schlegel Park Pool, costing a small fee to enter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the summer months seem to get hotter and hotter, these offer cost effective and safe ways for kids and families and our community to cool down,&#8221; says Managing Director Jack Gombach.<\/p>\n<p>The project also includes renovations to the basketball court and parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to be completed by Memorial Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. &#8211; Summer may be coming to an end, but Reading is already making plans for next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[734,990,53,119133,76421,736,128,130,129,119132,3668],"class_list":["post-286071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-children","tag-city-council","tag-construction","tag-hillside-pool","tag-public-park","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-splashpad","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}