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| Protest 'goes ape' over park plan | Protest 'goes ape' over park plan |
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| Campaigners against a treetop assault course development in a Glasgow park have held a demonstration. | Campaigners against a treetop assault course development in a Glasgow park have held a demonstration. |
| About 400 people gathered at Pollok Park and formed a human chain as a protest against the Go Ape development. | About 400 people gathered at Pollok Park and formed a human chain as a protest against the Go Ape development. |
| The assault course, which would cost £20 to £25 per person, would be built on woodland leased from Glasgow City Council, who will benefit financially. | The assault course, which would cost £20 to £25 per person, would be built on woodland leased from Glasgow City Council, who will benefit financially. |
| Objectors criticised the consultation process and said the park was not the right location for the course. | Objectors criticised the consultation process and said the park was not the right location for the course. |
| Some local residents in the south side of Glasgow have launched the Save Pollok Park campaign, objecting to the development. | Some local residents in the south side of Glasgow have launched the Save Pollok Park campaign, objecting to the development. |
| Lack of consultation | |
| Glasgow Govan MSP and deputy leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon, joined protesters at the demonstration. | |
| She said people loved Pollok Park and they wanted to see it remain as it was. | |
| "There's plenty of activities in other parts of the park but the North Wood is somewhere that people come to get away from the noise and bustle of the city, to enjoy the environment, to take walks and there's a real feeling that we don't want to lose that," she said. | |
| She went on to add that people do not feel they have been consulted. | |
| "I think the consultation was flawed and I think it would be in everyone's interest, not least Glasgow City Council's, to take a step back from this and allow people to have their say and for that say to be listened to", she said. |