Action at the Washington Way skate park on the edge of the central city. Mike Sleigh, a spokesman for community group Sumner Skate and Green, which has pushed for the skate park, said it would be an asset for the whole area. “It’s very exciting, it will be used by kids from three to 40, it will bring people together.” Green said the final approval showed the need to “hang on in there” and not let things slide. The park would attract skateboarders of all ages, roller skaters, and young children on scooters, he said. It would be built on the Nayland St site of the old Marine Tavern, demolished after the earthquakes. The land was bought by the Crown after the quakes then onsold to the council.