Proposals for new £10m pool at Sundorne ahead of Quarry rebuild
BBC Shropshire: A new £10m swimming pool will be built in Shropshire before the demolition and rebuild of the county's current facility.
"Complications" with the plans and funding for Shrewsbury's Quarry leisure centre means a new pool at Sundorne Sports Village will be built first.
But it has been reaffirmed plans for the Quarry will go ahead.
A full report on Swimming in Shrewsbury would be released in March, the council said.
The council still intends to create new centres on both sites, after a report for Wednesday's Shropshire Council's cabinet meeting gave the impression that the proposals for the Quarry site had been dropped, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
Shropshire Star: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2022/01/05/council-confirms-shrewsburys-sundorne-pool-will-be-built-before-quarry-rebuild/
Shropshire Council has reaffirmed its commitment to retaining a swimming facility in the Quarry, but said “complications” with the site and the need to secure funding meant the plans for a new pool building at Sundorne Sports Village were being progressed first.
Updating cabinet members at a meeting today, leisure portfolio holder Councillor Cecilia Motley said a full report on the 'Swimming in Shrewsbury' project would be presented in March.
But she said she wanted to make clear that the council did still intend to create new centres on both sites, after a report published ahead of the meeting gave the impression that the proposals for the Quarry site had been dropped.