Stroud Green - Council urges Council to fund replacement children's play fort

1.17.28pm GMT Fri 10th Mar 2006

Lib Dem councillor Laura Edge has discovered that Haringey Council are not willing to make room in their budget for the replacement of the very popular play fort in Stationers Park in Stroud Green.

A survey has determined that the fort has reached the end of its life and needs to be taken down and replaced. The fort has been widely used and is popular with local children, who are disappointed to hear that the Council are not currently intending to replace it with a similar structure. They are intending to consult residents over the matter, but have already advised that there is not currently enough funding available to provide a new fort of the same design.

Councillor Edge says: "Without wanting to pre-empt the wishes of local people and children, if residents want the new facilities to be of the same design, I hope very much that the Council will find the money to provide a replacement fort that is not a quick-fix solution.

"Despite the Council telling local residents that they are spending pots of money on parks, they are also being told that the money is not available in this case. Given the obvious benefits that the fort has for local children - encouraging them to be active and stimulating their imaginations - I strongly urge the Council to mount a big effort to find the necessary additional funding."