Young people have welcomed the re-opening of the skate park in Olding Road, Bury St Edmunds after a £20,000 make over. The well used facility, opened by St Edmundsbury Borough Council in 2000, has been greatly improved by having the all the surfaces replaced and new handle rails installed. A re-paint is also due to be carried out on the site in the next couple of weeks.
Cllr Lynsey Alexander, St Edmundsbury Borough Council Cabinet member for Culture and Sport said:
“I am pleased that the improved skate park is open for young people to enjoy again, especially during the holidays and the longer evenings. It is a very important facility for young people from the town and the wider vicinity. The skill level that some of the young people have achieved is a credit to the borough. I look forward to seeing the skate park continue to flourish, and to enjoying the Skate JAM at the beginning of the summer holidays”.
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Issued by: Sally Easton, Communications Unitl, St Edmundsbury Borough Council. Phone: 01284 757033 Email: sally.easton@stedsbc.gov.uk
