ALMOST £30,000 will be spent making repairs and improvements to Littleworth Lane play area at Lundwood.

The works, carried out by Barnsley Council, will be paid for using £28,450 that was set aside by a developer of a site on Pontefract Road at Lundwood, which later went in to administration.

The play equipment will be refurbished, fencing repaired and better security lighting will be fitted.

Fields next to the play area form part of the Dearne Valley park and the Trans Pennine Trail also intersects it so part of the money will be used to extend existing bollards on site to prevent vehicle access.