One of Powell’s neighborhood parks got an upgrade this week, as crews installed a new playground on the west side of town.

The “Grand Cove” playset is the new centerpiece of Wood’s Park, located across from the Westside Park tennis courts along Mountain View Street.

It replaces a structure that had been in place for decades. The since-removed orange, red, yellow and blue equipment had been showing its age, with warped plastic and a missing plastic bubble.

“That one definitely needed an update,” said City of Powell Parks Superintendent Tim Miller. “It had lived beyond its life.”

Miller also said the new playset will be better for littler kids.

Back in early May, the Powell City Council approved a $29,499 contract with Florida-based Pro Playgrounds for the equipment. Miller said the playset cost around $17,000, with another $11,000 or so for installation, plus shipping costs.

“Playgrounds are crazy expensive,” he told the council last month, explaining that the Pro Playgrounds model was one of the cheaper ones he found online.

(During last year’s budget discussions, Miller mentioned that he’d decided to replace a broken tube slide at Washington Park with a $4,200 regular slide because another tube would have cost $10,000.)

As part of its agreement with Pro Playgrounds, the city handled the removal of the old playset at Wood Park. The park’s metal slide, swings and caterpillar-themed climbing structure, meanwhile, remain in place.

While the contract indicated that the company would install the Grand Cove by early July, Pro Playgrounds finished ahead of schedule: The new structure was finished on Wednesday, complete with a surrounding layer of rubber mulch.

“Hopefully the kids enjoy it,” Miller said.

Early indications are that the new equipment may be a hit, as he said there were a half-dozen children waiting to use it when the job was finished Wednesday afternoon.