Shrewsbury's new Sundorne swimming pool to be built before Quarry centre's rebuild
A new £10 million pool will be built in the north of Shrewsbury before the demolition and rebuild of the town's main swimming centre.
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.
The report, which listed upcoming schemes in the council’s capital strategy, described the project as “replacement of existing swimming provision at the Quarry with new provision within Shrewsbury” and stated: “Final priority decision – new competition pool at SSV only.”
