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Olney Skate and BMX Park
Some young people approached Olney Town Council late last year to ask for further amenities for young people. Rugby, Football and
other sports have been very successful in our town and, for those young people that do not play these sports, suggestions such as further Basketball provision and a skate park were proposed. Skate is a growing sport (some call an art) with more and more women taking it up and there are proposals to have it included in the Olympic Games for 2020. Many Councils within the UK have created a skate site or are considering creating one.
For the past ve or so months the Olney Community Skate/BMX Park & Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) group have worked with the Olney community posting ideas on the Olney Noticeboard Facebook page, promoting a Survey Monkey questionnaire, discussed with Milton Keynes Council and Olney Town Council as well as sports users and clubs at the Recreation Ground. The proposed site will be smallish measuring approximately 22m x 12m.
Sites within Olney owned by the Council that have been looked at include Johnsons Field, Youth Club, Recreation Ground, and Barn eld. The use of scoring and consultation has prioritised a number of possible sites within the recreation ground where there are toilets, sites are away from residential boundaries (skate parks in the main are sited in recreation areas), and a good footfall to
keep our young people safe.
As well as the skate element, the MUGA at the recreation ground will also be refurbished at a joint cost of £75k. It is hoped that as well as ve a side football and Basketball being played, netball and hockey could also be accommodated with a new surface and appropriate lining.
We are starting to raise funds for this work and
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