THE town's skaters and boarders are celebrating after it was revealed that a new skate park will be built in Droitwich within the next two to three months.

After three years of campaigning, youngsters in the Spa will finally be able to enjoy a new skate park. The scheme has been given the go ahead after funds for staffing were pledged by the Children In Need charity.

The new park will be built at the Droitwich Spa Adventure Playground, in King George's Playing Fields where the old ramps, which were moved from the Lido in 1999, are currently being kept.

The ramps will be repaired and a new Tarmac surface will be laid at a cost of £14,000.

Playground chiefs hope that the project will be completed by June or July in time for the summer holidays.

Opening times have not yet been finalised, but there may be sessions for different age groups to avoid problems that can occur when youngsters of different ages skate together.

Adventure playground manager Dave Spicer said: "We did not want to spend the money on the skate park and then find a month later we'd have to close it because we couldn't afford to pay someone to supervise it.

"Now we have that money to fund a member of staff for 12 months, we will go-ahead with the skate park."

Mr Spicer hopes that the much-needed facility will help to move boarders away from the town centre.

"Hopefully by providing these ramps it will reduce the number of skaters around places like the Safeway car park and Salters Shopping Centre," he said.

Adventure Playground chairman Peter Pinfield said: "This is fantastic news for Droitwich youngsters. It is something we have been hoping to do since the previous skate park was closed three years ago.

"To finally be able to provide a facility which the kids have wanted for so long is great."

Droitwich Spa beat manager, PC Alun Jones said: "I am delighted with this news. It's a positive step forward for the young people of Droitwich Spa.

"Issues of skateboarding within the town centre are regularly a subject of complaint to us and I would support any initiative which provides a safe environment for skateboarding youngsters and the pedestrian public."

The town did have skate ramps in the Lido Park, but they were removed by Tory councillors in 1999, following complaints about noise from nearby householders.