Be a kid again with Somerset, Massachusett's reconstructed Big Red Slide There is just something about a playground that brings back childhood memories. In Somerset, construction is nearly complete on a 30-feet high, 70-feet long, red slide Share Updated: 8:34 PM EDT May 13, 2021 Be a kid again with Somerset, Massachusett's reconstructed Big Red Slide There is just something about a playground that brings back childhood memories. In Somerset, construction is nearly complete on a 30-feet high, 70-feet long, red slide Share Updated: 8:34 PM EDT May 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TOWN OF SOMERSET THERE’S BIG PRIDE FOR AN OLD, BIG, RED SLIDE. NICOLE: THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A PLAYGROUND, THE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND EXPLORATION. HERE IN SOMERSET, IT IS ABOUT THE SLIDE. THE RED SLIDE. NOT THIS ONE. THE BIG ONE. CONSTRUCTION NEARLY COMPLETE ON A 30 FOOT HIGH, 70 FOOT LONG, TOTALLY TUBULAR EXPERIENCE IN SOMERSET. THIS IS AN ICONIC STRUCTURE IN TOWN. WHAT WE ARE KNOWN FOR. WE CHANGED THE LOGO FOR OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT. HOME OF THE BIG RED SLIDE. IF IT DID NOT GO THROUGH, I WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET NEW SHIRTS AND STUFF AND A NEW LOGO. NICOLE: GAR FONTE, THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION, SAYS THIS NEW RED SLIDE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO REPLACE WHAT STOOD HERE FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. A GIFT FROM A GROUP IN CANADA. A FIBERGLASS SLIDE BUILT IN 1988. >> PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU STORIES ALL THE TIME ABOUT WHEN THEY WERE A KID WHEN THEY FIRST REMEMBER GOING DOWN THE SLIDE. NICOLE: THE TOWN HOPES WITH THIS NEWER VERSION AND SOME SLIGHT UPGRADES -- >> STAINLESS STEEL. NICOLE: IT WILL OUTLAST ITS PREDECESSOR. THREE YEARS IN T MAKING, BRINGING THIS RETRO RECREATION PIECE TO NEW LIFE HAS SOME EXCITED SLIDE FANS GETTING AHEAD OF PRODUCTION. >> WE HAD A LADY WHO CAME LAST WEEK, THEY DROVE DURING THE WEEK ABOUT ONE HOUR AWAY AND THEY SAID THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO WALLY WORLD WITH CHEVY CHASE. GET THERE, AND IT IS NOT PRETTY. NICOLE: WHAT IS IT ABOUT SLIDE, A BIG RED ONE, THAT WOULD INSPIRE A TOWN TO INCORPORATE IT INTO A DEPARTMENT LOGO? >> WHEN ADULTS COME TO A PLAYGROUND AND NO ONE IS LOOKING, THEY GET ON THAT SWING OR THEY GET ON THAT BALANC BEAM, OR THEY GET ON A SPRING TOY. IT REVERTS BACK TO WHEN THEY WERE A KID. SHAYNA: THE BIG RED SLIDE IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN THIS MONTH . THAT IS "CHRONICLE" FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M SHAYNA SEYMOUR. WE HOPE YOU ARE STAYING SAFE AND HEALTHY AND WE WILL