New design for skate park shown

The council hopes to open the park by the end of March 2009

The winning design for a new skateboard park for Glastonbury in Somerset has been revealed.

The new park will be built next to the Morlands Enterprise Park at the same site as the previous one which had to be demolished for safety reasons.

The new park will include features such as a manual pad, mini ramp, stair set, rails, jump box and banks.

Mendip District Council awarded the £95,000 contract to Dorset-based company Maverick.

Councillor Alistair Glanvile, of Mendip District Council, said: "The winning design is the one that was preferred by most of the young people who came along to the consultations, and we are confident that in the new year a new park will be built which will be used by a wide range of people in the local communities."

Although planning permission has not yet been finalised, the council says it hopes the new park will be opened by the end of March.

The council's planning board will debate the issue on 17 December when a decision is expected to be made.