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Welcome to Your Skatepark Design Page.

This page is your hub for all things design-related during the development of your new skatepark. Here, you’ll find the latest updates, design iterations, and opportunities to share your feedback.

CANVAS are proud to be working with you and Lewes District Council to bring this project to life. We’ll use this space to share progress and gather input as we move toward final design sign-off. Please check back regularly for updates.

The next consultation date is:

the 22nd of January at 6pm via teams link below:

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Consultation notes from the first meeting:

Canvas held an online public consultation session via Microsoft Teams for the users and residents of Lewes to discuss the project and suggest ideas for its design development. The purpose of the session was to allow members of Canvas, Lewes District Council, users and residents to generate design ideas and ultimately create a ‘wish list’ to move forward with based on their requests.

Option 01 - Develop the tender design from the feedback received. Install the existing flat bar on the new surface and remove the ledges so there can be 3ft quarterpipes either end of the new surface. One quarter-pipe to blend into vert wall.

Option 02 - Develop an isolated futures area on the tarmac and improve the existing rough flat bank surface alongside adding features to, such as pull out quarterpipes if the budget allows.

• Lighting was requested by multiple users but confirmed that this would be difficult to get approved.

• The users asked if they could raise community funds to try and get a few more features, like a quarter-pipe at the end of slab so they could back and forth in the new area. Could Canvas provide a cost for a 3ft quarter-pipe so they know what they would need to raise.

  The users felt that the new area was a bit disconnected and didn’t really connect to the flow of the rest of the skatepark.  

• One user wanted to see if an alternative proposal could be looked at where we install less slab and have more features on the tarmac as they believe it wasn’t that bad of a surface to ride on. They gave an example of Perry Park in Phoenix Arizona, USA as an example of what they would like to see for the tarmac area.

• If we were to remove the ledge set up and just install the existing flat bar on the concrete surface would that be enough to cover the cost of a quarterpipe at the end of the new area.

• Could we swap the flat bank at the end of the new area for a quarterpipe that blends around into the vert wall so you get a bit of a hip transfer. If it could also blend around the back of the vert wall into the rough flat bank that would be great.

• If we went for the smaller slab and isolated elements option could we resurface the flat bank around the back of the ramps as it is really rough and not used because of this.

• Would we be able to also do something interesting with the flat bank like pull a quarter-pipe out of it or do some sort of jersey barrier.