By Margaret Maccoll
Noosa Council is acting to meet the demands of skaters to build an enclosed or in-ground skate bowl in a major upgrade of Sunshine Beach Skate Park beginning this month.
Project officer Dallas Bickley said every surface of the new skate park was designed with skating in mind, including the new concrete seats.
“The existing park is more than 13 years old, so it’s due for an upgrade,” he said.
“Resurfacing of the park plus the addition of water taps were other popular requests from skaters during last year’s community consultation. This upgrade will deliver all of that.”
The new park will cater for both street and transition skaters, with key elements including a mini-half pipe, rollover with A-frame hubba, flat bank and jersey block and loveseat quarter pipe.
The existing large steel half pipe will remain.
The project will take around 10 weeks to complete.
