Two Southern Ribble playgrounds have been in line for a brand new lease of life – including one which currently boasts simply a swing that is solitary.
Because the Post unveiled earlier in the day this current year, young ones need certainly to queue for a start the lone little bit of equipment into the play area at Walton Park in Walton-le-Dale.
Worn-out kit in the site that is 30-year-old Bellis Method has gradually been eliminated through the years – not changed.
Nonetheless, a community team arranged to displace the play ground to its previous glory is celebrating after securing a £30,000 grant towards a long-hoped for refurbishment – cash which doubles the quantity week that is last by South Ribble Borough Council as an element of its ongoing programme of play area improvements.
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Stephanie Harrison, through the Friends of Walton Park, claims that the additional money – through the Lancashire Environmental Fund – will allow the revamp associated with the wider park where the play ground sits, for the advantage of old and young alike.
“If the bid had not succeeded, we’re able to probably just have afforded three brand new items of gear as we had done other items like setting up a brand new, safer floor – however now we are targeting a small amount of everything, such things as a see-saw, roundabout and climbing frame 
“This 12 months in addition has shown essential open areas are to us all – therefore we’ll be getting newer and more effective benches set up and which makes it a safer area, because at present, there exists a great deal of overgrown shrubbery providing you with a destination for young ones to cover up behind.
“The play ground it self is likewise fenced faraway from dogs, nevertheless they it’s still in a position to enter into the park.
“We’re longing for a huge community occasion around Easter-time the following year to formally start this new park – also then,” said Stephanie, who paid tribute to her fellow committee members and the local councillors who have backed the campaign if we still have to be socially-distanced by
The authority will now ask bids for the task – an activity that has been already finished for the play ground in Penwortham’s Hurst Grange Park, that may obtain a ВЈ225,000 council-funded facelift. That center ended up being final refurbished in 1998.
Defined areas for the kids aged between 2-6 and 7-12 will likely be developed, with gear set to incorporate a “landmark” product such as for instance a fall and tower.
The 2 tasks will be the latest in Southern Ribble’s play ground improvement plan, which restarted just last year, seven years since a past rolling programme of improvements had been finished.
But, only a few associated with borough’s play facilities had been renewed over the last amount of works, so those playgrounds aided by the longest-serving gear have actually now been prioritised for the improvement.
Cabinet user when it comes to environment, Sue Jones, told a case conference that Hurst Grange had been “Penwortham’s major park and acts an extensive area – in addition to proposition is always to provide a contemporary, available play ground.”
Only 1 bidder has used to transport out of the work from a framework of potential providers.
Conservative member Alan Ogilvie said that the Hurst Grange and Walton Park overhauls might have been presented as being a project that is single with organizations invited to offer their “best cost” for the two.
But, the conference heard that “best value” have been accomplished within the procurement process that is normal.
The playgrounds at Leadale Green, Seven Stars and Worden Park, all in Leyland, have been completely upgraded, with focus on Haig Avenue due to begin the following year.