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Article: (pounds) 3.5M plan to bring back park's glory days; Facelift includes skateboard zone and adventure area
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- Evening Times
- Article date:
- November 26, 2001
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A FAMOUS Glasgow park will undergo a (pounds) 3.5million facelift
in a bid to restore it to its former glory.
Council bosses unveiled detailed plans to breathe new life into
crumbling Elder Park, once the pride of Govan.
The 37-acre Victorian park, gifted to the community in 1885, has
become a haunt of gangs and vandals in recent years.
A council survey found 70% of local people visited the historic
park every day - but 64% thought it was the scene of gang fights and
83% feared for their personal safety when they were there.
Now council bosses want to return the park to its glory days by
restoring original features and building new attractions.
Plans have been drawn up to build a ...