Look at the state of this!

WillowTheWhisp · 21-06-2007, 12:34

What more can I say?

AccyJay · 21-06-2007, 12:39

I noticed it last week. No doubt the council will blame the kids & their skateboards. The same kids that have been down there every night since Broadway was finished. The same kids that would have been seen on CCTV, & should have been moved on. Then they will probably tell us all that there is no money left in the pot to cover the cost of the repair work, because they have already spent it all on employing jobsworths to snoop in our bins.

MargaretR · 21-06-2007, 12:40

That's what happens when council work is tendered out instead of them having their own workforce.
PS - skateboards wont do that damage - shoddy materials were used - a decent surface should be able to withstand wear better than that

AccyJay · 21-06-2007, 12:45

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PS - skateboards wont do that damage

A skateboard could, if the individual was turning with the back end of the board on the ground. Althougth, they would have to hit the same spot about a million times.

MargaretR · 21-06-2007, 13:02

My grandson has his own skateboard area and ramp in their garden, built of marine plywood - all his mates use it daily and it is withstanding wear better than that surface. It is the softer wooden end of the skateboards that gets damaged.

cashman · 21-06-2007, 14:09

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

That's what happens when council work is tendered out instead of them having their own workforce.
PS - skateboards wont do that damage - shoddy materials were used - a decent surface should be able to withstand wear better than that

theres a lot in that,the standard of work is Shoddy to put it politely.

Sparkologist · 21-06-2007, 15:58

Shoddy materials, laid by a shower of cowboys, is my best guess.
The sad thing is, we're all paying for it through our council tax!

mallard · 21-06-2007, 16:25

That,s the council for you they take all the fun a way

***Mr D*** · 21-06-2007, 16:47

Cheap materials, thin layer.

Should last even with skateboarders abuse.

panther · 21-06-2007, 17:38

isnt that the same patch they redid a couple of month ago?

the whole place is done rubbish!

WillowTheWhisp · 22-06-2007, 08:22

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Originally Posted by panther

isnt that the same patch they redid a couple of month ago?

Yep it sure is.

davo69 · 22-06-2007, 08:31

when i had boars head we would walk over it .get back to the pub and it would be all over the carpet off or shoes and that was just walking on it.

blazey · 22-06-2007, 08:41

A skateboard definatly wouldnt do that damage. Theres never enough pressure applied on a skateboards end like that to create such damage, not in such a long scrape. The aim is to keep the back end OFF the floor afterall or it would just damage their skateboards.

I reckon bikes are a more likely cause than skateboards. BMX types with stunt pegs on the wheels.

Either way, I dont think skaters should be moved along off there. I know none of you will look at it this way but I think its alot better for them to play in a very well lit, CCTV area than the skatepark which has dodgy lighting, kids drinking and its just not a nice place to sit once its dark.

I would know, my friends used to skate in that park and the moment it'd start getting dark they'd move to broadway because of the lighting and how much safer it is.

panther · 22-06-2007, 09:23

high heels could also do it, but like someone said....shoddy workmanship

WillowTheWhisp · 22-06-2007, 09:37

I wouldn't want to be on that skatepark after dark either but why are they out skateboarding after dark?

To be honest I only object to skateboarders on Broadway when there are a lot of pedestrians and someone is liable to be run into.