Freedom of information response

Please could you provide the following information for the financial year 2019/20. For clarity, I am interested in children’s playgrounds located in public and semi-public spaces such as parks, open spaces, housing estates and adventure playgrounds. I am not interested in school playgrounds.

1. How many children’s playgrounds did your authority manage? 75

2. How much did your authority spend on children’s playgrounds, including inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement? £194,637

3. How much did your authority spend on the creation of new children’s playgrounds?

Daisyfield, Tilbury = £106,184 (gym equipment, bmx pump track and parkour unit)

Grays beach Riverside Park = £151,509 on play surfacing

Balstonia Park = £25k (surface improvement works  completed)

Grays Town Park = £114k park improvements

Grays Beach Riverside Park = £179,885 (New ship and Parkour unit)

Gobions Park = £60k (Skatepark)

Horndon Recreation Ground = £74,936 Replacement unit after old unit came to end of life.

Total = £512,713

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