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Right now, Central Park is a flat area of dirt with a canal running through it and a chain-link fence around it. But come springtime, it's going to be different. The canal will widen into a pool with a small waterfall. A path will run along the canal, north to south, and a covered bridge will cross the canal, connecting the Bakersfield Museum of Art, the main part of the park and the potential site of Bakersfield's federal courthouse. "This is gonna turn out to be really cool when it's all done," said Don Hoggatt, the landscape architect who designed the park. But before it's done, the city has a lot of work to do and a short time to get it done, said Jacques LaRochelle, the city's assistant public works director. The Kern Island Canal will be shut down for three weeks beginning the weekend after Thanksgiving. In that time, city crews will have to install a weir, put in two bridge abutments, and line the canal with a soil-and-cement mixture, LaRochelle...

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