The Government has granted Sumner the use of several Crown-owned properties to build a skate park and a community green space.
Until now the community has built and operated a temporary skate park as part of their community-led earthquake recovery.
The suburb's residents have been calling for a permanent skate park for more than three decades.
Minister of Greater Christchurch Regeneration Dr Megan Woods said “Sumner residents have long been calling for a permanent skate park and new green space and it’s great that we can now make that a reality."
The Crown properties are next to the former Marine Tavern site, which was selected as the preferred location for the new Sumner skate park by the Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board.
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