Council chiefs have vowed to track down the vandals who have tried to spoil ongoing improvements to - Tuesday 09 April 2019

By Hartlepool Alert

Council chiefs have vowed to track down the vandals who have tried to spoil ongoing improvements to Hartlepools Rossmere Park and have urged local people to help by reporting the culprits. Hartlepool Borough Council is in the process of making 550,000 of improvements to the popular park, including the creation of a new toddler play area, a junior play area with facilities including a Sutu interactive ball wall, a covered events area in the centre of the park and a car park. However, over the past few days youths have damaged the new Sutu wall by throwing stones and bricks at it. New plants were pulled out and seeded areas were damaged by being walked and cycled over and a large amount of litter including empty energy drink cans and sweet wrappers was strewn around the park. Tony Hanson, Assistant Director (Environment and Neighbourhood Services), said This is appalling a small minority are trying to spoil things for everyone. Several years of work went into planning this project and obtaining grant funding for it and we wont let these hooligans wreck things. We will track down and take action against the culprits. We will be sharing our CCTV footage with the Police and together with the Police were following up eyewitness information and descriptions of the culprits and stepping up patrols in the area. If anyone has any information, I would urge them to please report it, in confidence, to the Hartlepool Community Safety Team or the Police. With the help of local residents, we can stop these vandals spoiling the park for everyone else. The Hartlepool Community Safety Team can be contacted on 01429 523100 or email community.safety@hartlepool.gov.uk and Cleveland Police can be contacted by calling 101.

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