A MOBILE skateboard park could be touring towns in Sedgefield borough in the New Year.
Sedgefield Borough Council has received several requests for skateboard facilities, but providing large scale parks in each town would cost too much.
Officers have come up with an idea based on a similar scheme in Canada for a mobile facility, which would visit each town on one day a week.
The cost of the scheme would be £50,000. The borough would make a cash contribution and manage the project, and Durham County Council's community education section has agreed to provide a member of staff to help run it.
Participating town councils will also be expected to contribute to costs and officials are trying to gauge the level of support.
A group from Newton Aycliffe is raising money for an indoor facility and it is expected the mobile park would act as an ideal stop- gap.
A recent presentation at Great Aycliffe Town Council received a positive response and borough officials will soon be visiting Spennymoor and Ferryhill.
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