A $200,000 skateboard park installed in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood just three years ago could be demolished due to ongoing complaints from neighbours.

The skate park on 16th Avenue and Ontario Street was designed for children learning the sport but has become a noisy late-night hangout for adults, according to a report from the city’s park board.

“What works well for young children learning to skateboard is also fun for skateboarders of all ages and skill levels,” it reads.

“Staff did not anticipate the… high use by adult skateboarders, and the noise resulting from this location.”

Attempts to mitigate noise issues, including locking the park behind a 10-foot-tall chain link fence from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. daily, have so far failed, and the board is now considering a proposal to scrap it entirely and move it somewhere else.

Between building a new park and demolishing the old one, that plan could run upward of $240,000 from a park board already struggling for cash.

Michael Wiebe, one of two Green Party commissioners on the NPA-dominated board, called the demolition plan a waste of money, and argued few people in the neighbourhood actually have a problem with the skateboarders.

“It’s been a couple of people doing multiple, multiple complaints,” Wiebe said. “Any time there is an issue, they are informing the police or calling the park board.”

Skate parks are rarely popular, he added, but are still an important resource for young people.

“Nobody really wants them in their backyard,” Wiebe said. “But we need a place for youth. That is a huge focus, we need youth out of the basements.”

The board’s report includes three possible directions for the park, including spending $25,000 to alter it and make it less appealing to non-beginners.

Both other options involve removing the park entirely and converting the space either to grass or another undetermined alternative.

If the park is moved, the report recommends putting it in nearby Jonathan Rogers Park, which the board said is supported by community members and skateboarders alike.

The board is holding a public hearing about the issue on April 27.