8 October (Part 2) - Belvedere Splash Park to close
Voting to maintain Bexley’s risible
24th place in the London council tax league
last May will have far reaching consequences. Some of them are beginning to surface.
Hidden away in Bexley council’s plans is one to save £20,000 a year by closing
Belvedere’s Splash Park. It managed to survive eight years of Tory rule so maybe that’s a minor miracle.
The official statement that “The Splash Park will not re-open after the 2014-15
season” is rather confusing. It was only ever open in the summer months so the
2014-15 date must refer to the financial year and the budget statement shows the saving
applies to the financial year beginning next April. It is safe to
assume that your children can kiss goodbye to a free paddle next summer.
The decision is that of the same councillor who
wrecked
the children’s summer fun too. What does Don Massey have in mind next?
Note: It later became apparent that the Splash Park decision
was not councillor Massey’s.