BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Neighbors on Buffalo’s East Side are frustrated after the MLK Park splash pad in the Masten District remained out of service as the city’s other 9 splash pads opened July 1 amid sweltering heat.
Buffalo’s interim parks commissioner says crews are working to prepare the pad for a possible opening, but no date has been given.
Seagulls were the only ones enjoying a trickle of water from some of the spouts.
Roosevelt Dudley, a concerned resident, reached out to 7 News to ask why the splash pad had not opened on July 1 as promised. They also called the city’s 3-1-1 center for answers. He says the closure is unfair to neighborhood kids…