From 'not the Clissold Leisure Centre'

"This week's issue of the Hackney Gazette features the following as a "news" story. News? It all sounds too familiar to us. (Must be a quiet month, we think).

THE final bill for repairs and improvements to the trouble-torn Clissold Leisure Centre is expected to be £13 million. The building work is scheduled to finish next month.

The latest estimate hikes Hackney's spending on the flagship centre in Stoke Newington to £44 million - four times the original budget.

Regular readers will remember that Clissold Leisure Centre closed nearly 4 years ago to remedy major 'issues' with its use after only 22 months of 'incident-rich' use. Locals claim that the total bill for the centre including legal and consultants fees topped £50,000,000 quite some time ago but the true costs are shrouded in secrecy and, they say, muddle. The original baths on the site (25m and 100ft pools) closed in 1995. ...more ---> ...

| London Borough of Hackney | 20 August 2007; 1:11:21 PM |# | | |