I’d like to welcome
the budget line which makes good the pledge that was made in my by
election campaign to save Spen Pool.
The Pool is ailing and in serious need of replacement. It is an oversubscribed facility and is used by 29 schools as well as the general public. This budget secures its rebuilding and expansion by the addition of 2 lanes.
Not only will we see a brilliant new pool for the whole of the Spen Valley but there will also be a new fitness suite and a new sports hall, to compliment the one being built at Whitcliffe, and it also shows our ongoing commitment to the Princess Mary Athletics Stadium.
This development brings fully inclusive and accessible sports facilities right into the middle of the Spen Valley. Its location is within walking distance of a number of schools and town centres, several large estates; it’s on main bus routes and is within minutes of major arterial roads and motorways.
The area around the pool itself has a large and socially diverse population, who will benefit from the health and wellbeing outcomes the Sports Centre will provide. This redevelopment will give both young and old an excellent sports and leisure facility for years to come, right in the heart of their community.
Cllr Simon Alvy, Labour
Liversedge and Gomersal
The Pool is ailing and in serious need of replacement. It is an oversubscribed facility and is used by 29 schools as well as the general public. This budget secures its rebuilding and expansion by the addition of 2 lanes.
Not only will we see a brilliant new pool for the whole of the Spen Valley but there will also be a new fitness suite and a new sports hall, to compliment the one being built at Whitcliffe, and it also shows our ongoing commitment to the Princess Mary Athletics Stadium.
This development brings fully inclusive and accessible sports facilities right into the middle of the Spen Valley. Its location is within walking distance of a number of schools and town centres, several large estates; it’s on main bus routes and is within minutes of major arterial roads and motorways.
The area around the pool itself has a large and socially diverse population, who will benefit from the health and wellbeing outcomes the Sports Centre will provide. This redevelopment will give both young and old an excellent sports and leisure facility for years to come, right in the heart of their community.
Cllr Simon Alvy, Labour
Liversedge and Gomersal
