Yesterdays South Wales Echo ran a story on the young people protesting about the removal of the Whitchurch Skateboard Park (click here for the story).
Sophie was able to meet with the protestors during their sit-in and urged them to come down from the ramps. She explained that she understood their frustration and was doing everything she could to secure a new home for the skate park and that she was pressing the Council to commit to a timescale to consult on a new site.
Sophie said:
"It is important that young people in Whitchurch and the surrounding areas have access to this sort of facility. It has obviously been well used and I am very disappointed that it has been spoilt by a minority of trouble makers who didn't want to use the park anyway. I will be doing everything I can to find a suitable location so that young people can have somewhere to skate again."
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