A new £400,000 skate park finally opened to the public last week after a £1 million investment to improve a south Essex park.
After years of campaigning, work was completed last Wednesday on the long-awaited new skate park at Lake Meadows, Billericay.
The old wooden skate park in Lake Meadows was removed after constant vandalism and an arson attack, where it was set on fire.
Last week, the fencing was removed after months of construction, and the park is now open.
The design of the new skate park was drawn up using feedback from residents and young people, including those who used the old facility.
Alongside the £400,000 skate park, half a million pounds was spent on a new play area and £100,000 has been spent on new changing places and toilets.
At the time of the opening, Phil Turner, Conservative Billericay West ward councillor, said: “It is brilliant news.
“I said it was a dream, and it has been a ten-year dream in the making.
“We first came up with this many years ago, and started putting plans in place, then Labour took over and it was scrapped.
“But we got it back in, and plans went ahead. It is a massive victory for the residents of Billericay who have been calling it for as long as I can remember.
“I am so delighted, I really am.”
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