Plans for a skate park expected to be built at Williamsbridge Oval Park have been unveiled, advancing the highly anticipated $750,000 project.

According to plans released at Community Board 7’s parks committee, ledges, quarter pipes, ramps, rails, and a bowl corner will be some of the skate park’s features. The park, to be built at a concrete space on the eastern side of the park, will also include two entrances, one already in existence and another to be added during construction. The park will be larger than expected so construction crews can avoid uprooting existing trees surrounding the perimeter of the space.

“The skate park will be the most unique section of the Oval, as it is the only area designed by individuals who are going to use it–the skateboarders who currently skate in the Oval,” said Doug Condit, a member of Friends of Williamsbridge Oval, who has been following developments for the project.

In 2004, the New York Department of Parks and Recreation had promised to build a skate park. A group of skateboarders came before Community Board 7’s general board meeting April 29 last year, pleading for a new skate park to be added to the Oval.

Condit played a key role in supporting the initiative, forming a skateboard committee, and going to local skate shops to acquire funds before requesting it from the New York City Council. Though he knows that news about a skate park isn’t on most peoples’ minds, he keeps up his support. “It’s not page one news, [but] we want a skate park!”

“Under state law, skateboarders can skate in streets, which is unsafe,” Condit said, supporting the skate park as an alternative to the riding in the streets. True to what Condit said, skaters in the area have been skating near the entrance of Williamsbridge Oval Park.

During the presentation of Friends of Williamsbridge Oval, one Community Board 7 member said the funds for the skate park had been for the dog run.

A skate area was originally conceived a decade ago when improvements for the Oval were announced along with other Bronx parks after a water filtration system (the Croton Water Filtration Plant) was put into Van Cortlandt Park by the Department of Environmental Protection. A multi-million dollar budget was put together for these parks. Williamsbridge Oval was to receive $15 million for improvements.

So far, the Oval has spent $14.3 million on things other than the skate park, including a recreation center that required renovations, a playground, track, basketball courts, and a dog run instead.

A spokesperson for the New York City Parks Department expects the park to be built in May 2016, though there are little signs of construction at this time.