2 Mar 2021
OUT OF COMMISSION: The bird’s nest apparatus at Dawson Road play area, Barnard Castle
NO sooner has Barnard Castle Town Council repaired one piece of unsafe equipment in a play park, than it now has to cordon off another in a different area.
The council’s services committee heard that flat swings had been replaced at Bouch Way park, but problems had arisen with the Hucks bird’s nest apparatus at Dawson Road play area.
Town clerk Martin Clark said: “It is a big piece of equipment. A routine inspection revealed significant issues with it. It identified that the existing cross beams need to be replaced.
8 Jan 2021
NO GO: The damaged piece of play equipment at Bouch Way play area
FEARS have been raised for the safety of children after hazard tape to prevent access to a potentially harmful piece of play equipment was repeatedly removed.
Barnard Castle Town Council officers roped off the toddler unit at the Bouch Way play area after an inspection found its platform could give way.
Speaking during the council’s services committee, town clerk Martin Clark, said: “There are a number of items requiring either removal at some point soon or some heavy repairs.
“There is wear on the platform [of the toddler unit] in several places and there is damage to timber.