APPEAL GOES OUT FOR PLAY AREA SPONSORS
A £200,000 project for a Torbay seafront children's play area is to be launched.If it comes off, the play area could be built on the council-owned Paignton Green, possibly close the Apollo Cinema.
A plea is to go to the public and businesses to chip in for the fun area.
There are hopes Torbay Council will allow its land to be used - even though it cannot afford to build it.
The idea is the brainchild of Marcus Wood, the Conservative candidate for Torbay.
He said: "I can understand the council has to prioritise its spending but we need this on the beach for children.
"There is a small play area at Preston Green but when the beach huts are there it is not the sort of place visitors go to.
"Paignton Green is where all the summer family visitors go."
He reckons the scheme will need £200,000 to pay for the project and have enough for a maintenance fund.
"I have been promised donations and I hope businesses and the Torbay Development Agency will help," he added.
"Essentially we want private donations and they will be the ones who will take the credit.
"Hopefully it will show the community does not need the council or Government to do something worthwhile."
A Torbay Council spokesman said: "Marcus Wood contacted us recently and raised this as a possibility, although no further discussions have taken place."
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