{"id":50792,"date":"2021-02-19T17:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=50792"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:59:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:59:39","slug":"cardiff-play-areas-set-to-be-refurbished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/02\/19\/cardiff-play-areas-set-to-be-refurbished\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff play areas set to be refurbished"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work at parks in Grangetown, Rhiwbina and Splott will be completed in May<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>WORK to upgrade three children\u2019s play areas will begin by the end of the month, Cardiff Council has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grange Gardens in Grangetown, Caedelyn Park in Rhiwbina and Moorland Library Gardens in Splott are to be refurbished and expected to be completed by May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce completed, the fully upgraded play areas at Grange Gardens and Caedelyn Park will be fantastic new facilities for local families to visit, and children from Splott will also be able to enjoy improved play facilities,\u201d said Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure, Cllr Peter Bradbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInclusive, shared experiences are really valuable for children and I hope these refurbishments will encourage more children to enjoy the benefits of playing together outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1-770x441.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1-293x168.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1-770x441.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/Grange-Gardens-Play-Area-2-1024x586-1-293x168.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>CGI of Grange Gardens play park refurbishment. Credit: Cardiff Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Work will include improvements to play equipment and new safety surfacing to prevent injuries from falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The play area at Grange Gardens in Grangetown will feature slides, rope bridges and climbing frames, as well as a playhouse, swings and wobble boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Caedelyn Park in Rhiwbina, children will be able to enjoy a range of equipment for climbing, spinning and rocking on, including a fully wheelchair accessible roundabout \u2013 a standing platform with additional seats and handrails designed to allow wheelchairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moorland Library Gardens is scheduled to have new safety surfacing, landscaping works and improvements to play equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three playgrounds have been closed since lockdown began in March and did not reopen in September after failing safety checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meic Parry, 36, a Grangetown resident, said delays to reopening local play areas had been \u201cfrustrating\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has three children all under five and Grange Gardens is their local park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWho is suffering is children really because they\u2019ve got nowhere [else] to go in Grangetown. People aren\u2019t especially well off here and they don\u2019t necessarily have a garden,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome people say, \u2018Oh, we just lift them over the fence,\u2019 but if you\u2019ve got a new-born in a pram, that pram\u2019s then outside the park and you\u2019re looking after your other kids inside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meic welcomed the news that work would be completed by the end of May, but felt the importance of children\u2019s play areas had been forgotten about during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: \u201cIn the big picture it does offer protection. [In the main park] there\u2019s all sorts of dangers really. What the playground offers is a little fenced off area. Maybe the equipment\u2019s not up to scratch but it does offer protection in that sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labour councillor Ash Lister, representing Grangetown, is looking forward to the arrival of the new play area in Grange Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy colleagues and I are pleased to see the Grange Gardens will be receiving a significant amount of funding to enable this regeneration of the play area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe completely recognise how well loved and missed this facility has been over the last year, since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic meant that it had to close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are hopeful that work will be completed and that children will be able to safely enjoy new facilities within our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WORK to upgrade three children\u2019s play areas will begin by the end of the month, Cardiff Council has announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":553,"featured_media":50800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,3],"tags":[],"coauthors":[6737],"class_list":["post-50792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grangetown","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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