More new and improved facilities are on the way to Swansea in a further boost for local skateboarders, BMXers and fans of other wheeled sports
Swansea Council is now looking for a company to refurbish the existing Clyne Valley pump track and build a new pump track for novice and junior BMXers at Melin Mynach in Gorseinon.
It’s part of a council commitment to invest £2.6m in neighbourhood skate park sites by working in close partnership with local communities and a specialist design company called Curve Studio. Additional external investment has also been secured to help deliver the scheme.
The council will also soon advertise for a company to build a new skatepark at Coed Bach in Pontarddulais and make improvements to the existing skatepark in Melin Mynach.
Skateboarders, BMXers, other wheeled sports fans and local communities have helped shape improvement plan designs thanks to online consultation and a number of in-person workshops.
Cllr Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea Council’s Cabinet Member for Investment, Regeneration and Tourism, said: “Skateboarding, BMXing and other wheeled sports are very popular in Swansea, but the facilities we currently have aren’t meeting people’s needs.
“This is why we’re investing £2.6m in wheeled sports facilities, which follows-on from a £7m investment in playground improvements throughout Swansea.
“The plans for Clyne Valley, Melin Mynach and Coed Bach are among many in the pipeline throughout Swansea, with other sites and plans to be announced in due course.
“It’s part of a citywide investment that will ensure most people don’t have to travel more than two miles to reach a redeveloped skateboarding or wheeled sports facility in Swansea.”
Other sites due to benefit from skatepark improvements include Mynydd Newydd in Penlan, Victoria Park and the Phoenix Centre in Townhill.
Details on when work will start at those sites will be announced as soon as they’re confirmed, as well as the locations of many other sites in Swansea that will benefit from new or improved facilities.
