Glasgow city parks may be making a big splash if a grant under the Kentucky land and water conservation act of 1965 is approved by summer’s end.

The Glasgow Recreation Department hopes to build a spray park at Beaver Trail Park to provide “health and well-being” for the public. The Glasgow City Council approved to authorize to apply for the grant Monday.

The recreation department plans state the spray park, which will have jets, geysers, shower tunnels and tumble water buckets, will “make a great improvement to the recreation facilities at Beaver Trail Park.” It would also increase attendance, according to the plans.

“There’s not anything that is water out there,” said Debbie Jones, director of the department. “We want a place where they can walk through and get wet, kids love getting wet.”

The spray park would be designed for toddlers up to 12-year-olds.

It will be an added feature to Beaver Trail Park, which already has a playground area and a walking track, and will not detract from other local parks, Jones said.

The spray park will be the first free-standing spray park in the commonwealth, meaning it will not have a pool attached to it, Jones said. The recreation department could develop plans to build a water park in the next five years, Jones said.

“We want a young mother to come to the park with her young child and relax and not have to be concerned about any aquatic dangers,” Jones said.

The recreation department applied for the same grant last year but wasn’t approved, Jones said. The total cost of the park is roughly $150,000, the grant would cover half of the costs and the city would pay for the other half, or $75,000.

The spray park would be close to self-sustaining by installing a water tank that would be recycled and it would be motion-sensored. It would be maintained by seasonal help between May and Labor Day.

Councilmember Linda Wells said that it would be a good addition to the park system.

“The grant would be important because we can’t afford to invest that much money without the grant,” Wells said. “But it would certainly serve a group of our children.”

The council also heard from Luke B. Schmidt, who talked in front of the Barren County Fiscal Court last week, about restoring the Elizabethtown Regional Airport.

The airport is trying to attract customers based on shorter driving distance than Louisville or Nashville airports, possibly cheaper airfare prices and free parking. There will also be shorter check-in and security lines, Schmidt said.

The possible airlines are Northwest Airlink and Delta’s Comair. Northwest seems to be a frontrunner because it has a major hub in Detroit, home to the auto industry, Schmidt said.