{"id":67366,"date":"2019-11-14T10:05:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T10:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=67366"},"modified":"2019-11-14T10:05:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T10:05:45","slug":"73m-sandwell-aquatics-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/73m-sandwell-aquatics-centre\/67366\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction to begin on \u00a373m Sandwell Aquatics Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Major construction will begin on the \u00a373m Sandwell Aquatics Centre in the New Year, which will host the swimming and diving events at the Birmingham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham2022.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2022 Commonwealth Games<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Councillors are set to sign off funding and contract agreements for the Sandwell Aquatics Centre at Londonderry Lane in Smethwick at a meeting on 20 November.<\/p>\n<p>Work to prepare the site is already well advanced with the main building work set to start in January as planned.<\/p>\n<p>After the Commonwealth Games, the building will become a leisure facility for Sandwell residents for decades to come, together with a brand new urban park, football pitch and children\u2019s play area.<\/p>\n<p>Sandwell Council is contributing \u00a327m to the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, with \u00a338.5m coming from the Birmingham 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/lendlease-awarded-commonwealth-village\/49510\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commonwealth Games budget<\/a>. A further \u00a37.6m is funded by external partners including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportengland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sport England<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackcountrylep.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Country LEP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slt-leisure.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandwell Leisure Trust<\/a> (SLT) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlv.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Wolverhampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sandwell Council had already budgeted to build a new leisure centre for Smethwick and can now provide a much bigger, improved facility at a similar cost to the authority \u2013 thanks to additional funding brought in by hosting the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>The development of Sandwell Aquatics Centre will not only inspire residents to get active and live healthier lifestyles, but it will also boost the local economy and bring job opportunities to the borough.<\/p>\n<p>The final budget of the project reflects updated costs for groundworks, construction prices and contingencies built in by the council and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games budget.<\/p>\n<p>When complete, the centre will feature a 50m Olympic-sized swimming pool, a 25m diving pool and a studio pool along with 1,000 permanent spectator seats. 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