Youngsters delighted as £234,000 Boston Skate Park is completed

The opening is the culmination of a campaign started by young people around three years ago, with a petition launched by a 13-year-old signed by hundreds of people.

Last week, the £234,500Boston Skate Park was finally completed, and dozens of bike riders, scooterists, skate boarders, and roller skaters have been putting it through its paces.

And the responses have been overwhelmingly positive, with those using it describing it in terms including ‘the best skate park around’ and ‘the finest thing to open in Boston for our age range’.

The facility has 22 different features to ride and was designed and built after months of consultation with children and young people with the company Maverick Industries.

The 832 square metre site was finally opened last Thursday after an eight week build, with youngsters visiting the park eagerly waiting for the chance to use it.

After final safety checks were completed, with many would-be users waiting outside the fencing for three hours or so, the youngsters were able to flood onto the park.

Boston Borough Council portfolio holder for parks and open spaces Coun Tracey Abbott said: “We are very excited we can now announced that the Skate Park is open, I think the majority of the community is very eager to spend their free time visiting the park.

“It is also very important to remind users they need to comply with Covid-19 guidelines by following social distancing and wear masks if they come within six feet of each other.

“A big thank you to Maverick Industries for all their dedication and hard work over the past few months in getting this project completed for us in record time.”

Fran Taylor, Play and Physical Activity Officer, said: “To be able to have this amazing skate park sited right in the heart of Boston for all to enjoy is amazing. It will bring new challenges and opportunities to our community, increase physical activity levels and encourage new skills. To see so many youngsters on the skate park as soon as it opened was fantastic, it was just great!!!!!”

There will be no official opening but the Maverick Industries will be back next summer to assist with a “Skate Jam” event which will act as a late opening ceremony.

The Skate Park hasl cost £234,500 which is part of the £306,000 Central Park development. which included the new MUGA play area and Table Tennis Tables.

The project who are The Community Migration Fund, Boston Borough Council and Boston Town Area Committee.”

The comments from those attending were really positive:

Ronan 19 years - This is great! I honestly can’t believe we have this at last. I have been hoping for a new skate park for 7 years!

Thomas 14 years - It's a bit of alright!

Makenzie 12 years - Good

Darius 16 years - AMAZING!!!

Mantas 17 years - Best Skate Park I have ever been to and I have been to a lot.

Tautvyvas 16 years - Better than I expected and is a really safe Skate Park.

Kiesa 16 years - Best Skate Park around, I need to learn to skate now!!

Nikita 17 years - Beautiful. This is the finest thing to open in Boston for our age range. I love it.

Phobe 17 years - This is going to be so well used and it has been placed in the best position it could be in.

Poppy 19 years - This is somewhere really cool to go to and enjoy ourselves in Boston.