Saxmundham Skate Park
Strenuous efforts are being made to
establish a Skate Park in Saxmundham. The Town Council has appointed
Heather Heelis to help with this project.
January
2006
We are currently waiting
for a response from our bid for £45,000 from the Reaching
Communities Lottery Fund. The panel are due to meet around mid-February
and we should receive a response by the end of that month. If successful
we would hope to have the new skatepark open by May 2007.
May
2006
The Town Council agreed
at their meeting in September 2005 to build a skate park on the
Memorial Field using Gravity Engineering of Southampton as our preferred
supplier. On 8th April 06 the working party arranged a trip to Hemel
Hempstead to visit the skate park which Gravity have recently built
and we now have an active group of potential users working on finalising
the design details. We are hoping for an initial response from our
final application for funding shortly.
July
2005
A questionnaire was distributed
at the end of June to all households in Saxmundham (1599 at the
time of delivery.) 377 responses were received by the deadline of
the 18th July. A summary of the results is given below. A report
will now be prepared detailing these results and the funding position,
to be presented to the next Policy & Resources Committee meeting
to be held in the Webster Room behind the Market Hall at 7:15pm
on Monday 5th September. This committee will then make a recommendation
to the full Council meeting which will be held in the Market Hall
at 7:15pm on Monday 12th September.
Questionnaire
Results
Question
1.
Do you
support the creation of a skate park in Saxmundham?
Yes
328
No 40
Don't Know 9
Question
2.
Are
you satisfied with the cost of the proposed skate park?
Yes
261
No 72
Don't Know 44
Question
3.
Are
you satisfied with the location of the proposed skate park?
Yes
310
No 44
Don't Know 23
Question
4.
Do
you have any children/grandchildren who may use the skate park in
the next 5 years?
Yes
127
No 231
Don't Know 19
If
yes, how many?
1
39
2 57
3 19
4 3
5 2
6 2
4+ 1
Question
5.
Lighting
is a proposed part of the project. Would you support the use of
directional lighting (similar to that used on tennis courts) to
extend the hours the skate park could be used during the winter
months?
Yes
294
No 59
Don't Know 24
If
yes, what time would you prefer the lights to be turned off at night.
8.00pm
25
8.30pm 60
9.00pm
117
9.30pm 33
10.00pm 61
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