The council has redeveloped a formerly derelict 2.2 hectare acre site in Gorebridge into a new community facility.
Features of Auld Gala Park include an orchard, a wildflower meadow, planted areas, new paths and woodland. In addition, a synthetic mesh geogrid has been installed beneath the sites surface to support the landscape which is located on old mine workings.
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Funding for the scheme came from various 'pots' from council budgets and from Central Scotland Green Network. If further funding is secured, the council plans to install new play facilities for young people.
Keith Geddes, Chair of the Central Scotland Green Network Trust, said: "We are very proud to have played our part in transforming this underutilised area to create a valuable greenspace in Gorebridge that will be used by many generations to come."
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