YOUNGSTERS at Whitby who have campaigned and raised funds to provide a skateboard and BMX park are in line for success.
They have raised £15,000 towards the venture which is due to cost £100,000, said Peter Dahl, Scarborough Borough Council's tourism and leisure director.
He said that the search for a site had been going on since 1997 and while several had been earmarked there had been problems with neighbour objections or from the skateboarders themselves who believed they were unsuitable.
Now, the likely site is the go-kart track on the West Cliff which is to cease operation - a site which has now been backed by the town council and Scarborough council's planners.
A final decision on the site, which has met with the approval of youngsters, is to be made by members of Scarborough council's cabinet and the authority's northern area committee.
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