Wheely great news for kids

David O'Leary - David O'Leary • Published 24 Apr 2009 12:30 2 Comments

KIDS in Cardrona will be having a wheely good time practising their 'double jumps", 'table tops" and 'banks" if a new BMX track gets the go-ahead.

Cardona"s Village Hall Committee recently submitted a planning application to build a pump n" jump track at Leeburn Drive in an effort to remedy the lack of resources and facilities for kids in the area.

The idea itself came about following a meeting in the village hall last year at which youngsters in attendance expressly asked for the BMX park.

The pump n"jump park is so called because it is essentially a tight track where-on it"s unnecessary to pedal as users simply 'pump" all the various undulations for speed.

The facility can also be used by both skateboarders and inline skaters.

The village has been without any play or activity facilities for youngsters since being built in the late 1990s.

However, news of this proposed BMX park follows hot on the heels of an

announcment several weeks ago that Cardrona is also to receive a

long-awaited £20,000 children"s playpark as well as a pathway linking it to both Innerleithen and Peebles.

Cardona"s new BMX park when built will be positioned right next to this pathway along the former railway line.

Brian McCrow, Chairman of Cardona Village Hall Committee said: 'This new

facility may draw tourists into the area but we did it first and foremost for kids here in Cardrona.

'Alot of kids around here are interested in bikes thanks to Glentress and we hope that this park will only add to this.Adults sometimes don"t listen to kids but we took their views on board and also involved them in the design aspect of the park.

"I"m glad that Cardrona is finally getting some of the facilities it deserves and hope that planners give this the go-ahead.'

The BMX park proposal will be considered within the next two months by Scottish Borders Council.

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This article appeared in Peeblesshire News 24 Apr 09

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  James Blonde
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  Apr 24, 11:56
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  Ahhhahahahaha! I hope the kids do get what they ask for, but I do remember the previous attempt at a BMX track in Victoria Park. I'm sure it all wen't fantastically well until the adults on the council got their hands on it and turned it into a very compromised gravel circuit that was never used and become horribly neglected, with tiny jumps and berms to make it safer... Oh how the doctors laughed!
  
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  Thomas Mitchell
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  Hi i am the kid who designed and came up with this whole idea in my bedroom about 2 years ago. i showed it to my dad and it has just snowballed to this point. Can i just correct you on some information that you have written which is not true/wrong. i stress that this project is NOT only for the kids of cardrona, it is for any one who wants to ride it. Next up is the fact that Inline skates and skateboards CANNOT be used on the track seeing as how its made of dirt. Also the childrens park was £80,000 and not £20,000
  
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