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Originally Posted by foreverwar
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Mrs Gray added that there were traditional play parks nearby. At the request of the community, swings and slides had previously been removed from the site due to repeated vandalism.
The council has said that the design was in line with national guidelines set by Play England.
The park is one of 28 sites being developed in Sunderland as part of a £4.2m investment. Each facility has been uniquely designed.
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The same guidelines that mean my local council has spent a small fortune putting safety mats everywhere a child might fall in the playground? Not that I am complaining about the mats, but placing multiple random concrete blocks in various positions and calling it a feature of a play park hardly matches up with the idea of safety.
After all, how are kids gonna play on them? Climb on them, jump around, leap off. Inevitably, some are going to fall (several feet in some cases) and what are they going to hit? Probably more concrete.
Of course, it could just be that the builder laid the concrete then buggered off before it was finished. You know the sort of thing. "Oh, sorry, the swings are coming from Leytonstone. They'll be in next Tuesday, so I'll come and fit 'em then.", but next Tuesday never arrives.