Beeton skateboard park location picked, funds in place

Posted July 12, 2012

New Tecumseth will put one of its newest properties to use in Beeton to accommodate a skateboard/bike park in that community.

The property is located immediately west of the DA Jones Library and equipment will be purchased with the $33,000 sitting in a reserve fund.

Preliminary designs are also in hand for a planned skate/bike park at the New Tecumseth Recreation Centre property where an 80' by 300' facility is planned at an estimated cost of $300,000. The construction is concrete and will also accommodate the bmx riders.

Financing the project remains the main obstacle, and the search is underway to "find an umbrella group to take on the majority of the funding," according minutes of the Parks and Recreation Advisory committee meeting.

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