A cool shady spot in Reid Park became a hot topic when it looked like it would be lost to an expansion at the zoo. Now, Tucson City seems about to approve a compromise to save the location.
It really ruffled some feathers when Tucson Voters approved a plan to expand the zoo but the plan included expanding it into where this duck pond is right now. Now it looks like the duck pond will be saved and the zoo will still expand.Georgianna Hunter comes here when she needs a break from the city.
When voters considered raising the sales tax to finance zoo expansions the ballot did not show specific descriptions of where the expansion would go. Parts of the plan not spelled out on the ballot called for portions of the new Asia exhibit to take the place of the smaller of the two duck ponds in the open part of the park.
Now six years after voters approved the tax for the zoo, a compromise avoids the pond and the tree shaded hill near it. The Asia exhibit will go where the main zoo parking lot is now, and workers will build a new lot. KGUN reporter Craig Smith asked: “Now when the concerns about the pond broke out, how did that affect your timeline?”
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