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A campaign is currently underway to petition Cardiff Council to reconsider a \u00a3485,000 plan to convert the Victoria Park paddling pool into a more modern splash park.<\/p>\n

The council claim the new park would offer improved accessibility and new water features for children. Maintenance costs would also be dramatically reduced allowing the council to continue providing the facility for free.<\/p>\n

However the pool is extremely popular with local residents and the online petition currently has\u00a05,810 signatures.<\/p>\n

Rachel Wrathall set up the petition<\/a> on the Change.org website. She says, \u201cThe new plans don\u2019t offer children any opportunity to swim\u2026 Losing the paddling pool would be a huge disappointment and we urge the council to reconsider their decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Council plans to replace paddling pool sparks petition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":27715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4750,4751,4752,4753],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-27680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-billy-the-seal","tag-paddling-pool","tag-splash-park","tag-victoria-park"],"yoast_head":"\nVictoria Park pool targeted for change - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Victoria Park Paddling Pool\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/04\/victoria-park-paddling-pool-targeted-for-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victoria Park pool targeted for change - 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