Magnus Bondesson is one of those who helped determine how the skatepark should be designed. He has been skateboarding since the late 80's but during the last two years there has been no skate club in Ljungby. Since there was only access to indoor premises, interest in the sport has diminished.

- In the end, we could no longer bear the cost of the room with the number of practitioners we had then, says Magnus Bondesson.

For Magnus and his peers, the lack of skatepark has not been a problem as they have had the opportunity to take the car to, for example, Växjö, Värnamo or Halmstad during the summer.

- But for the young people who are in Ljungby all summer and who do not have committed parents, it is not as easy. This all means everything for the opportunity to be able to carry out his interest, he says.

Must be 900 square meters

And there is no small skatepark that the municipality hopes to have completed by the end of May this year. When completed, it is estimated to be a total of 900 square meters.

- There will be several different courses to go on, and it is also a place where you can meet and gather and where maybe grandparents can join and watch as their grandchildren go, says Snjezana Jelica, the municipality's project manager for the building.

The idea of ​​a skatepark came in as early as 2014, but it is only now that the shovel is put in the ground.

- There was a lot of discussion about where the park would be placed. Then when we finally got a placement, it turned out that a preschool and an elderly home would be rebuilt and rebuilt at that location. Then we had to start all over again, says Ulla Hansson (M), chair of the cultural and leisure committee.