A skateboard park in memory of a 13-year-old boy has run into problems at the final hurdle.

Although planning permission was granted in April, installing the Upton-upon-Severn park could be delayed because of worries about its management and the cost of insurance.

The £20,000 scheme drawn up by Upton Rural Safety Group is to be named after Kyle Salmon, a keen skateboarder, whose parents launched an appeal in 2003, after his death at the age of 13.

The Kempsey couple raised about £7,000 in his memory and turned to Upton after failing to find a suitable site in St Peter's, Worcester.

Mrs Salmon joined the Rural Safety Group, which had been asked by some of the town's young people for a skate park and youth shelter.

Planning approval has been given for two pieces of equipment on the Old Street playing field, offering a variety of challenges for skateboarders, in-line skaters and BMX riders.

The installations will be 32ft and 61ft long and will include a mini-ramp, quarter and half pipes, jump box, grind rail and roll-in.

But Upton Town Council, which voted to allow the park on its land last year, is now worried about the financial risk.

The council's insurers want the park to be fenced - which was not part of the original plan - and members want details of how the site is going to be managed.

"There are still some matters to be settled," said town clerk Gill Jennings, after further discussions in a council committee last week.

Mrs Salmon said it was frustrating to be held up, when the park seemed imminent.

"We want to get the ramps in before the summer holidays. If we don't hurry up we will lose the money that has been allocated to us," she said.

She said the Kyle Salmon Fund now amounted to £31,000, including a £5,000 Awards for All Lottery grant, £10,000 from Worcestershire County Council and £5,500 from West Mercia Police.