The new section was unveiled during a short ceremony this afternoon attended by Regular Users, Council Staff, PCSOs and Councillors. The Sports team were in attendance to offer several cycle and scooting based activities and the youth services team from County Council were there too.
The refurbishment has been part of an ongoing project that has involved users of the skate park from an early stage. Much work has been done by SDDC, Derbyshire Police and the Safer South Derbyshire Partnership to secure funding for the project and bring it to fruition.
Part of the work done earlier in the project was to fix the lighting to make the area safer. Whilst the park location has the advantage of being handily placed for Church Gresley, Woodville, Swadlincote and Albert Village, it is also a little isolated in it's immediate locality.
What was also impressive is how the regular users, whose age varies from late primary school children through to adults, all use the facility together and want to be proud of the facility. During our visit it was pointed out that there were not enough bins and therefore likelihood of littering and there were a few technical issues pointed out.
The improvements have been well received though and the feedback was very well communicated. Hopefully, more money will be found in the future to address other issues, including the access to the site, and further work can be done that once again stems from a successful working partnership between the users, the Police and the Council.
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