Roosevelt Island Grandpa Al Lewis Playground Closed Tomorrow For Emergency Equipment Repair - Scheduled To Reopen Saturday

Received the following advisory this afternoon from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC):

Please be advised that the Al Lewis Playground, located next to Capobianco Field, will be temporarily closed Friday, November 4th due to emergency repairs to the play equipment. The playground will reopen Saturday, November 5th.

I sent an email to RIOC inquiring:

What is the nature of the emergency equipment repair? Was anybody hurt which requires the emergency repair or is the repair preventive?

Playground correspondent Roosevelt Island 360 reported last August on Grandpa Al Lewis playground equipment that needed repair in this previous post:

... After the removal of the overhead monkey bars RIOC fenced off the remaining platform securing the fences with plastic straps. Straps that have to endure the pressure of hundreds of kids weekly pulling and pushing upon the fences. At one end of one fence four straps secure the fence. The other side only two. The second fence only has one remaining strap.

It is this fence and remaining strap that will probably soon fail and I believe RIOC should be monitoring and fixing before something happens....

It is unknown at this time whether  tomorrow's emergency equipment repair at Grandpa Al Lewis Park is related to Roosevelt Island 360's previous report.

Image of Grandpa Al Lewis Playground

UPDATE 11/4 - RIOC reports:

Please be advised that due to colder than expected temperatures, the planned surface repair to the rubberized flooring at the Al Lewis Playground has been extended. The playground will remain closed until further notice.

A RIOC spokesperson informed me today that this was a planned repair and was not the result of any injuries.