A treasure chest of £40,000 has been locked away as councillors look to dig deeper into a £127,000 wish list which includes pirate ship-themed play equipment.
While councillors at Boston Town Area Committee didn’t send the feature to Davy Jones’ locker, they criticised a lack of depth in the report.
Councillor Nigel Welton, said he felt more work could have been done by a council sub-group to consult, get more detail and narrow down the options before coming to the committee – particularly only a few months before election season.
“This is raising people’s expectations of what we are going to be doing when we might not be here next year,” he said.
Central Park, Boston
The pirate ship is only one item on the wish list put before the committee.
Another major feature, an Octopus see-saw was also floated onto the list.
Councillor Martin Griggs told councillors the list had been created from consultation with residents by council officers.
He said the committee needed to decide how much it would put aside out of its budget – including what was unspent from the year – and added that he would have been willing to put all the spare money into paying for the list if he could
Examples of the equipment shared with councillors at the BTAC meeting.
Councillor Anton Dani asked why Fenside had nothing on the list and accused the council of “forgetting” the ward.
After being reminded there were no BTAC parks in the area he commented: “we could create something.”
Councillor Paul Gleeson praised the work already done adding that parks had gone from being ok to getting better.
“There’s a drive to continue to do that,” he said.
He proposed the £40k was put aside from the committee’s underspend towards open space improvement.
Woodville Road play park, where the pirate ship and octopus see-saw a listed for.
This is the wishlist in full:
Woodville Road
4m high Climbing Net
Steel Cableway
Play Panels
Nest Swing
Octopus See-saw
Junior Pirate Ship Unit (provisional grant of £19,000 from Boston Big Local to be confirmed in April).
Total: £54,000
St Johns
High Slide
Musical Play Panels
Steel Cableway
Goal Posts
Total: £19,000
Burgess pit
Dome Climbing Net
Steel Cableway
Larger Hoop on existing basketball hoop
Nets in goals – “metal to avoid them being stolen”
Total: £40,000
Sheltons Field
Higher Slide
Play House with floors
Crazy Scrambler Springer
Total: £13,000
Central Park
Alterations to the entrance gate to the play area to accommodate wheelchairs and double buggies
Total: £300
Broadfield Lane
Building contractors installing play equipment
Total: Funded by S106 developer contribution of £60,000 so no initial cost to BTAC
Garfit’s Lane
Multi Use Games Area Tender being prepared
Total: Funded by S106 developer contribution of £73,000 so no initial cost to BTAC
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