Portrush urban sports community invited to help shape future of Metropole site
- Love Ballymena
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Metropole site in Portrush, County Antrim
Skateboarders, BMX riders, scooter users and other urban sports enthusiasts are being invited to help shape proposals for the future of Portrush’s Metropole site as the next stage of consultation gets underway.
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is progressing feasibility work for the prominent site, with specialist organisation Betongpark appointed to explore potential options and lead consultation with those who could ultimately use the space.
The first targeted engagement sessions will take place at Portrush Town Hall on Wednesday 2 September, from 5pm to 7pm, with local people involved in urban sports particularly encouraged to attend.
Urban sports users asked for their ideas
The Council is calling on skateboarders, BMX riders, scooter users, members of West Bay Rollers and others involved in urban sports to take part.
The sessions are intended to give potential users an early opportunity to influence the feasibility work and discuss what they would like to see considered for the Metropole site.
Council members and officers met representatives from Betongpark last week, when the organisation introduced its project team and outlined how it intends to approach consultation.
Importantly, the work remains at the feasibility and consultation stage. No final proposal for what will be developed at the Metropole site has yet been determined, with feedback from users and the wider community intended to help inform the options being explored.
Wider Portrush consultation to follow
Metropole site in Portrush, County Antrim
The urban sports sessions will be followed by a broader public consultation later in September.
That next stage will open the conversation to the wider Portrush community, including residents, businesses, community organisations and schools.
People will be able to contribute through a combination of face-to-face engagement sessions and an online survey, giving them an opportunity to suggest what they believe should be included in future proposals for the site.
Feedback gathered through both stages will feed into the continuing feasibility study and help determine how proposals for the Metropole develop.
Further details, including dates and arrangements for the wider public consultation, are expected to be announced by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council in due course.
Anyone looking for more information about the Metropole project, or who represents a sport which would like to become involved in the consultation process, can contact the project team by emailing:
For Portrush residents, the September consultation represents the opportunity to influence the project before proposals are finalised — with the ideas gathered now helping to determine what the future Metropole site could ultimately become.
