Fort Smith’s Parrot Island slide project faces funding shortfall, frustration from city leaders

Fort Smith budgeted $4.2 million to buy and install five new water slides, but only $650,000 remains, short of the $2.5 ...

‘No way we can afford that’: $2.8 million slide bids deepen divide over Parrot Island

Bids to install Parrot Island’s new slides came in at $2.8M — over four times estimates — prompting a city director to call ...
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Cost to install Parrot Island Waterpark slides will push the project over budget

The water slides planned for Parrot Island Waterpark in Fort Smith that initially were to cost the city $2.1 million for ...