Spring launch for new pool?
COUNCILLOR’S UPDATE ON £22M SCHEME
A LEISURE centre in Hucknall is due to open a second pool and further upgrades as part of a £22 million investment scheme.
The plans for the venue are said to be “on track” for the proposed opening in spring next year.
The facilities are a “victory for Hucknall”, says Councillor John Wilmott, who gave an update on its progress.
The leisure centre is part of an improvement package which will see changes to leisure and transport in Hucknall and it is currently costing £2.5 million.
It will offer swimming lessons, family sessions and water activities for older people as well as those with long-term health conditions.
Some of the improvements include the installation of a new health and fitness gym on the ground floor, refurbishment of the main entrance, which now includes a seating area and food and beverage pod, three new group exercise studios, which will include an exercise studio, indoor cycling studio and Earth studio.
There will also be redecoration and refurbishment of the squash courts and sports hall floor and the installation of a new Atlantis Pool inflatable.
A new health hub facility will offer
free use to community groups to support health and wellbeing.
Councillor Wilmott, an Ashfield Independent councillor, said: “It’s amazing to see work progress as our promise comes to fruition. When the
Ashfield Independents took over the council, your Hucknall councillors presented a shopping list of improvements we wanted. An extra swimming pool and massive improvements was top of the list. This is a victory for Hucknall.”
Councillor Wilmott added: “By the time we are finished, your Ashfield Independent council will have invested £5.5million in Hucknall Leisure Centre. This is the biggest investment since my lookalike, Duncan Goodhew, opened it in the 1980s. By the time we are finished, it will be bigger and have more stateof-the-art facilities than when we built it. It’s no wonder that people are saying that Ashfield has the best council-run leisure facilities in England.”