A total of £1.3million is to be spent refurbishing play parks across Aberdeen over the next year.
The council’s infrastructure committee agreed to the spend at a meeting at the Town House yesterday.
The playparks to be refurbished in 2017/18 and their estimated costs are:
- Lee Crescent (£28,000)
- Clova Park (£62,000)
- Ash Hill Road (£50,000)
- Wales Street (£20,000)
- Clifton Road (£14,000)
- Orchard Street (£30,000)
- Oldtown Terrace (£60,000)
- Abbey Place (£44,000)
- Persley Crescent (£34,000)
- St Ninians Court (£60,000)
- Piries Lane (£35,000).
The playparks and their costs which are the top priority from the additional £826,000 revenue funding budget are:
- Cults Skate Park (£51,000)
- Devenick Place (£80,000)
- The Meadows (£45,000)
- Cove Playing Field (£41,000)
- Stewart Park (£55,000)
- Westfield Park (£51,000)
- Portal Terrace (£73,000)
- Colthill Road (£23,000)
- Westburn Skate Park (£105,000)
- Hilton Community Centre (£28,000)
- Ferryhill Community Centre (£18,000)
- Westerton Crescent (£55,000).
The following are for areas where partial refurbishments will be implemented for replacing equipment approaching the end of its useful life or already removed:
- Sunnyside Park (£37,000)
- St Fitticks Skate Park (£17,000)
- Powis Circle (£9,000)
- Gallowgate (£7,000)
- North Grampian Circle (£14,000)
- Scotstown Gardens (£9,000)
- Duthie Park North (£11,000)
- Duthie Park South (£19,000)