Friday 26 November 2021 Newsroom Adult Social Care Business & Enterprise Children & Young People Employment & Skills Health & Wellbeing Leisure & Events Neighbourhood & Community Regeneration & Housing Telford 50 Other News News Archive Temporary closure of Newport Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre Telford & Wrekin Council has announced significant investment into Newport Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre as a part of the council’s commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2030. The £1million investment includes external Carbon Reduction grant funding with a projected reduction of over 500,000 KWh per annum. Work will be carried out both as part of the council’s commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 and to undertake essential maintenance work to the swimming pool tank, pool surround, water filtration and circulation. The works will also improve the temperature control within the gym. Combining these works will remove the need for separate closures. As part of the work, an air source heat pump will be installed and internal cladding added to the building. The pool floor will also be remodelled to reduce the depth of the deep end and to try to increase the shallow water area. This will make the pool more energy efficient, improve facilities and increase the capacity of the swimming lesson programme, whilst still allowing all existing activities to continue. Cllr Eileen Callear, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Culture and Visitor Economy said: “There is never a good time to have to close one of our leisure facilities to make improvements, but with time-sensitive external funding available from the Carbon Reduction grant we have taken the decision to carry out this vital work. It was not possible to carry out this work during the lockdowns. We apologise for the obvious inconvenience, however due to the nature of the work it is unfortunately essential. The facilities will close from Monday 6 December with an anticipated reopening of the gym from the end of March and the pool from the end of April 2022. We hope that our regular users including aspirations members will understand the need for this temporary inconvenience”. Councillor Carolyn Healy, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Green Spaces, Natural and Historic Environment, said: “This is a really exciting opportunity for Telford & Wrekin Council to continue to work towards our target of our operations to be carbon neutral by 2030. A recent report to cabinet has highlighted that the council is on track to achieve this. The work at Newport Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre is part of a wider package of activity in our Carbon Neutral plan”. Due to the nature of the work all facilities at this site will close from Monday 6 December with an anticipated reopening of the gym from the end of Marchand the pool from the end of April 2022. Newport Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre is part of the Telford & Wrekin Council Leisure portfolio that includes seven leisure centre sites, four swimming pools, Telford Tennis Centre, Telford Ice Rink, Telford Snowboard and Ski Centre and Telford Town Park. Tweet Mail Add Comments | View Comments (0) Published on: 25 Nov 2021 Social Blogs Report It Flickr Autism Strategy Pre-consultation - share your views! Click here to view all videos You might also like Investing in Telford and Wrekin Telford & Wrekin Council has explained the need to borrow in order to invest in ventures that make profits which are then spe.. Read more Letter to Health Secretary from Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire Council leaders The leaders of Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire Councils have again written to.. Read more Plans for PRH: Extraordinary Meeting of Telford & Wrekin Council called The Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council has called an Extraordinary Meeting to discuss.. Read more More support for hundreds of Telford and Wrekin businesses Around 800 small and medium sized businesses in Telford and Wrekin are expected to receive support or .. Read more New library service proposals for Telford and Wrekin set for approval New proposals for the future of libraries in Telford and Wrekin are set to be approved by t.. Read more News Links: BBC Shropshire / Shropshire Star / Shropshire Live / Wrekin News Community Sites: Telford Live Other Sites: Podcasts / Roadworks / Public Notices About Us Media Contacts Contact your Councillor Upcoming Events