WHO IS RESPONSIBLE???
Dear All
On Tuesday 23rd June 2014, I picked up my 2.5 year old from Flying Start opposite Pill Primary school. I have always in the past driven there and driven back. That day my car was in the Garage, so I walked. It was a lovely day and started to walk through PILL PARK. I was horrified with what I saw:
1. Bits of broken GLASS everywhere.
2. Broken beer bottles
3. Rizla paper
4. So many cigarette ends everywhere.
As I got closer to the Actual park were children want to play. Hamzah my little boy wanted to go in. Again I was disgusted with what I saw:
1. Over flowing bins
2. Bins with so many beer cans, spirit bottles
3. Broken glass inside the park!
4. So so many cigarette ends
5. Broken swing
The whole park itself was in a state, which I could NOT BELIEVE! I would like to know who is responsible for the maintenance of the park? Who is responsible for issuing the cleaning of the park? Keeping the park in a fit state for children to play!
At the moment it is a health hazard and no nothing is being done!
There is a walk path in this park which parents use when taking their children to school. It is fact that when it rains a section of this walk path floods, no I have experienced this when I was 8 years of each going back some 24 years! And still it has not been fixed!
COME ON PEOPLE!
SO I WENT BACK ON 28TH JUNE 2014 5 DAYS LATER AND THE CONDITION WAS THE SAME IF NOT SOMEWHAT WORSE. I TOOK PHOTOS – SEE ATTACHED.
What I would like to see happen.
1. I would like the person or team who is responsible for the up keep of Parks in Newport City Council, made accountable. Apologies for this mess it is in and now do something. Straight away please get the park cleaned up.
2. If the current management is not up for the job lets get someone else in.
3. Lets look at getting CCTV in the park. The alcohol, drugs vandalism will soon go away.
4. Lets look at making the park playful for the children again. Lets get some new slides, swings etc.
5. Lets get a drainage system or something along the walkway, which parents use to walk their children to school.
THOSE IN POSITION OF POWER AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SHOULD TAKE A GOOD LOOK AND FEEL VERY BAD AT THE STATE PILL PARK IS IN, AND NOW REALLY SAY SORRY AND GET THINGS IN ORDER.
Updates
August 5, 2014
I have been hearing from many of you who feel the same frustration regarding the state of our park. While I wait for a formal response from the council office I am documenting the current conditions to ensure they cannot ignore our concerns. Please continue to report any new hazards you encounter during your daily walks.
August 5, 2014
Seeing this response confirms that many people share the same concern for the state of our local play areas. It is clear that the community expects better maintenance for the spaces where our children spend their time.
5 Comments
Paul keep up the good mate! you need to lead the clean up of PILL PARK. once this is done by the council, then we can move to the next part of pill.
it is a disgrace my kids cant even go play there anymore because of all the smashed glass and mess everywhere. council need to get off their backsides and fix it.
It's a great thing trying to to raise awareness in the hope of revamping the park. But I'm afraid no amount of renovation will improve the area as a whole (purely my onion). Unfortunately, the types of children who play there (I'm sorry to categorise) are not ones who will appreciate new amenities or the improvement. I went there few weeks ago with my two children, all I saw and heard were foul mouthed little kids who were not only swearing and shouting, but running around spitting at one another, also not to mention the Roma kids and their behaviour (apologies again for categorising). I used to go to Pill park as a last resort, when my car is off road, I've vowed to ,myself and made it clear to my kids that we will never be going there again. No kids should be subjected to that type of a environment. Sorry to say this, but I think you might be doing this in vain. The park may improve, but unfortunately, the environment and the people using it will remain the same, if not worsen. Children are taught how to behave, play and respect other people and their environment, at home by their parents. As for the bottles, cigarette butts and in some cases syringes, again this is the environment and type of people (albeit a small number) who live or hang around that particular area. None the less, I wish you all the best.
It all need a good clean.
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WHO IS RESPONSIBLE???
Dear All
On Tuesday 23rd June 2014, I picked up my 2.5 year old from Flying Start opposite Pill Primary school. I have always in the past driven there and driven back. That day my car was in the Garage, so I walked. It was a lovely day and started to walk through PILL PARK. I was horrified with what I saw:
1. Bits of broken GLASS everywhere.
2. Broken beer bottles
3. Rizla paper
4. So many cigarette ends everywhere.
As I got closer to the Actual park were children want to play. Hamzah my little boy wanted to go in. Again I was disgusted with what I saw:
1. Over flowing bins
2. Bins with so many beer cans, spirit bottles
3. Broken glass inside the park!
4. So so many cigarette ends
5. Broken swing
The whole park itself was in a state, which I could NOT BELIEVE! I would like to know who is responsible for the maintenance of the park? Who is responsible for issuing the cleaning of the park? Keeping the park in a fit state for children to play!
At the moment it is a health hazard and no nothing is being done!
There is a walk path in this park which parents use when taking their children to school. It is fact that when it rains a section of this walk path floods, no I have experienced this when I was 8 years of each going back some 24 years! And still it has not been fixed!
COME ON PEOPLE!
SO I WENT BACK ON 28TH JUNE 2014 5 DAYS LATER AND THE CONDITION WAS THE SAME IF NOT SOMEWHAT WORSE. I TOOK PHOTOS – SEE ATTACHED.
What I would like to see happen.
1. I would like the person or team who is responsible for the up keep of Parks in Newport City Council, made accountable. Apologies for this mess it is in and now do something. Straight away please get the park cleaned up.
2. If the current management is not up for the job lets get someone else in.
3. Lets look at getting CCTV in the park. The alcohol, drugs vandalism will soon go away.
4. Lets look at making the park playful for the children again. Lets get some new slides, swings etc.
5. Lets get a drainage system or something along the walkway, which parents use to walk their children to school.
THOSE IN POSITION OF POWER AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SHOULD TAKE A GOOD LOOK AND FEEL VERY BAD AT THE STATE PILL PARK IS IN, AND NOW REALLY SAY SORRY AND GET THINGS IN ORDER.
Updates
August 5, 2014
I have been hearing from many of you who feel the same frustration regarding the state of our park. While I wait for a formal response from the council office I am documenting the current conditions to ensure they cannot ignore our concerns. Please continue to report any new hazards you encounter during your daily walks.
August 5, 2014
Seeing this response confirms that many people share the same concern for the state of our local play areas. It is clear that the community expects better maintenance for the spaces where our children spend their time.
5 Comments
What it needs is the two broken swings taken down and A new park being built after all they have The money for this what are our councillors Doing two years ago we were told the money Was there for our park.
Paul keep up the good mate! you need to lead the clean up of PILL PARK. once this is done by the council, then we can move to the next part of pill.
it is a disgrace my kids cant even go play there anymore because of all the smashed glass and mess everywhere. council need to get off their backsides and fix it.
It's a great thing trying to to raise awareness in the hope of revamping the park. But I'm afraid no amount of renovation will improve the area as a whole (purely my onion). Unfortunately, the types of children who play there (I'm sorry to categorise) are not ones who will appreciate new amenities or the improvement. I went there few weeks ago with my two children, all I saw and heard were foul mouthed little kids who were not only swearing and shouting, but running around spitting at one another, also not to mention the Roma kids and their behaviour (apologies again for categorising). I used to go to Pill park as a last resort, when my car is off road, I've vowed to ,myself and made it clear to my kids that we will never be going there again. No kids should be subjected to that type of a environment. Sorry to say this, but I think you might be doing this in vain. The park may improve, but unfortunately, the environment and the people using it will remain the same, if not worsen. Children are taught how to behave, play and respect other people and their environment, at home by their parents. As for the bottles, cigarette butts and in some cases syringes, again this is the environment and type of people (albeit a small number) who live or hang around that particular area. None the less, I wish you all the best.
It all need a good clean.
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What it needs is the two broken swings taken down and A new park being built after all they have The money for this what are our councillors Doing two years ago we were told the money Was there for our park.