Skateboard campaign has council backing

15 December 2004

Their anxious wait has come to an end as West Wiltshire district councilors have endorsed the project to establish a skate park in Melksham. The dedicated skateboarders have been fund-raising to prove their commitment to the campaign - and they are already more than £93,000 towards their £112,000 target. It will take two weeks to dig out and surface the skate park and then the ramps will be put in place. Fencing and lighting will then go in, followed by painting and landscaping. A site has been identified for the skate park in King George V playing field, on a grass slope that would otherwise have been unused!