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Yorin Engelke (4) rides his bike on the new half pipe at Macandrew Bay playground as his mother Katrin and brothers Runis (19 months) and Paavo (9 weeks, in front pack) Engelke play in the background on Thursday.
The half-pipe ramp features a Skatelite surface and, at 4.8m wide and 8.4m long, is bigger than the old ramp at the park. It was completed along with a basketball half-court at Ralph Ham Park in Macandrew Bay by the Dunedin City Council on Friday last week.
The half-court is 10m wide and 14m long and, although marked up for basketball, it can be used by people of all ages for other ball games.
The ramp and court cost $100,000 and were part of the implementation of the DCC’s Place Spaces Plan.