The petition, signed by 198 people, was put together by Donnybrook teens including Ryan van Rossum and Campbell Evans.

The current skate park is on the old basketball courts in unsafe and isolated conditions.

Ryan said that ideally, skate park users wanted a solid cement surface with solid pipes and bowls, along the lines of what had been built in Capel.

“Here there’s broken glass and rocks – the surface is very abrasive and it hurts when you fall off,” he said.

He also said that people were constantly coming to the site and moving the equipment.

Skate park user Bryce Murray said the surface was uneven and collected water.

Jackson Venables, another skate park user, said that a better design was needed, with more things to do.“Here you have to do the same thing over and over again,” he said.

All of the skate park users agreed the park should be in town.

Ryan also said that there was a major problem with rubbish, with no bins at the site.

The teens initially took their request for a new skate park to Donnybrook-Balingup Shire councillor Leith Crowley, who presented their petition to shire CEO John Attwood before it went to councillors.

Cr Crowley said that some initial diagrams have been drawn up of a possible site at the intersection of South Western Highway and Victory Lane, adjacent to the Liberty Service Station.

“It’s one of many possible sites,” Cr Crowley said.

“It’s central, open, there are businesses on either side open seven days a week, and that provides security for the kids.

“I want to make sure the area fits the park, not the other way around.”

Cr Crowley said local police supported the move, as does the council.

Council would apply for grants to get the project underway, and that he was hoping to have something on the table in July to get some money set aside in the budget.

“It will complement the fun park,” Cr Crowley said.

“When Mum and Dad bring the kids to Donnybrook, they can walk through town from one to the other – it promotes tourism through the use of the main street.”

“It will also get kids doing what they should be doing, and not harassed for being kids,” he said.