Play Area development

[Jo Corke]

Play Area Update Nov 2009

Anna King is our Play Area convenor. Anna met with Vicki Abel of Bristol Parks to talk about further funding for the play area, and the time scale for the play area development.

The aim of the Bristol City Council is to improve the existing play area, and increase play equipment for 8-13 year olds.

At the recent FoSAP committee meeting 20.10.09, Vicki Abel showed us the revised plans for the children’s play area. These take into account, as far as it practicable, the feedback received from the consultations and questionnaires.

Vicki supplied paper plans of the changes. There will be new play equipment, as announced previously. Most of the railings around the play area will be kept, while the top area, with play equipment for the older children, will be outside the railings, keeping the toddlers area secure. There will be a gate in the railings, opposite the paddling pool.

The current proposed solution to the muddy area near the bottom of the play area will be a tarmaced path leading to a path along the right-hand side. If further funding becomes available, other work may be done.

The budget for the work is over £100k, the work will be carried out by one of the three BCC teams working on the project. Work will begin on 16th November and take 12-14 weeks to complete.

[Jo Corke]

There are two posters at the Main Effingham Road gate. One says the work on the Playground will begin 16.11.09. the work will take 12-14 weeks. The other is a BCC architects' plan of the work to be done.

We presume the playground will not be available while the work is in progress.

[Jo Corke]

Hi Ian, and welcome to the website.

The toilets have been a constant source of emails and letters between FoSAP and the Council, and your writing to the councillor will help. In addition, I will relay your comments directly to our Parks Council officer. We all need to keep on top of the problem; we deserve better.

Within the “Friends of St. Andrews Park” group, there are several sub-groups, some of which may be of interest to you. If you would like to know more about one or more of these groups, go to the Tab called FORUM and read the Special Interest Groups item.

Jo Corke (membership)

[Ian Noble]

Hello, my first time here. The main reason we use the park is for our daughter, who is now just junior school age. The main drawback at the moment are the toilets. I accept that public toilets are always subject to abuse from certain quarters but I fail to see why they should be so dirty - the last time I braved the gents there was a thick layer of dust/grime over all horizontal surfaces. My wife took our daughter there today and there was no working light, no soap in the dispensers and so on. All these things are down to a lack of basic maintenance and cleaning. They are not inevitable - other authorities seem to be able to provide acceptable facilities so i don't see why we should have to put up with it. Is there anywhere else on this site dealing with this? I shall be writing to my councillor as well but I wondered if anyone in the FOSP had tried to tackle this problem.

[Alan Bridgman]

Hi,

What about some improvements for the toddlers? They are the ones who use the play area in the mornings and afternoons. Why is the money only for 8-13 year olds?