Plans to build a skate park in Yenda Memorial Park has torn the town in two, with some locals welcoming the new addition and others demanding it be built somewhere else.
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The Area News asked residents what they thought of the plans and found a town divided.
Mother of two Lauren Preuss said she welcomed a skate park in Memorial Park, because it meant she would no longer had to drive her 10-year-old son all the way to Griffith to use the skate park.
"He loves the skate park. Why does he have to come into town to use it?" she said.
"Yenda needs more of this stuff. They put everything in Griffith and Yenda gets forgotten about."
However resident Mick O'Brien said he opposed the site on the grounds it was too close to the highway, service station, and pub.
"Look at this park. The trucks are coming here 24/7 a day; somebody's going to get injured," Mr O'Brien said.
"I don't mind a skatepark in Yenda, but not here."
Elizabeth Davies said she supported the idea of a skate park in Memorial Park because it would make the town centre more lively and vibrant.
"I think it's a good idea," Mrs Davies said.
"I've got a son in law who did the artwork for the PCYC skatepark in Griffith, and it looks great."
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Yenda RSL president Alan Wakely said the sub-branch hadn't decided on an official stance as of yet, but said that he was personally opposed the skate park on Memorial Park.
"To me it's a matter of respect," Mr Wakely said.
"We had a lot of people who died overseas or who came home from war."
Griffith City Council mayor John Dal Broi said the park project was still in the planning phase, but that at this early stage every single one of the councillors were in favour of the Memorial Park site.
"The councillors felt that the two ladies [skate park project organisers Anne Furner and Bel Wallace] did a good job," Councillor Dal Broi said.
"They got off their backsides, got to work, and got $200,000 in Service NSW funding for their community."
When the development application is lodged it will go through an environmental planning and assessment before being put before council.
Cr Dal Broi said that "in his considered opinion" the plan was most likely going to be approved by council "with conditions".
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