Splash Kingdom Waterparks will be adding to its portfolio of Texas, US venues after Greenville City Council voted to allow the creation of a park off Interstate 30.

The project - on Roy Warren Parkway - is expected to act as the anchor for the 63-acre Greenville Towne Center shopping development in the south of the city, with several restaurants reported to have expressed interest in opening nearby.

The site of the park is also adjacent to a planned 14-screen cinema.

Negotiations have been ongoing for some time between Splash Kingdom; the Greenville Board of Development; and III:I Emerging Market Partners, LLC, the developers behind the Towne Center project; with Splash Kingdom saying that construction needs to begin by the beginning of December if the park is to open in time for next summer.

It is reported locally, however, that the proposed agreement only requires the park to be open by the summer of 2015. It would feature at least one major water slide, a lazy river, a wave pool, a children’s wading area, offices, shops and parking.

Splash Kingdom already operates waterparks in Canton and Hudson Oaks, both in Texas, as well as Shreveport, Louisiana.