BREAKING: Plans unveiled for second new public swimming pool in Redbridge
The council announced plans it will be providing a second new pool in the borough, just weeks after unveiling plans for one at Mayfield School - Credit: Archant
Plans for a second new public swimming pool in Redbridge have been announced today.
Redbridge Council has confirmed the current pool at Loxford School of Science and Technology in Ilford will be opened up to residents following an improvement programme.
The facility will be available for the public to use outside of school hours, including over the summer holidays.
The announcement comes just weeks after the council unveiled plans to build a new pool at Mayfield School in Goodmayes.
Cllr Wes Streeting told the Recorder it was “fantastic news”.
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“Our challenge has been how we can make better use of the facilities that exist,” he said.
Cllr Streeting praised the Loxford Lane school, saying he had been “really impressed” with their efforts to help.
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“The wards of Loxford and Clementswood are some of the most deprived in Redbridge,” he said.
Prior to council elections in May, Labour had pledged to provide a new pool for the borough, six years after the closure of Ilford Swimming Pool in Ilford High Road which left Redbridge with just one public pool at Fullwell Cross Leisure Centre.
Cllr Streeting, cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said the authority hoped to further improve swimming provision, with the waiting list for lessons currently sitting at more than 1,000.
“In the longer term we will be looking at provision in teh west of the borough – that’s more aspirational,” he said.
“We are focused on delivering on our pledge and expanding access to swimming.”
