Ah, I stand corrected said the man in the orthopaedic shoes.. Of course there is a skate park going in, which will inevitably be crap and underused.
I suspect this wheeze of Jims is the same as what he has (or hasn't as the case may be) planned for the pavillions, acquire land in prime development areas, then do shit all with it until it becomes an embarassment and the council pays him to go away.