The extent of the work needed to be done at Splashworld has been revealed in a damning council report as decisions are sought on the level of funding required.
The leisure centre and swimming baths in Southport closed in December 2019 for refurbishment work that was only meant to last eight months, but when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the building played a vital role in providing tests for the area. In a recently published report calling for a decision to be made on funding, it has been stated that an estimated £270,000 will be needed to pay for further repair costs.
It was published in May last year that the closure had come as a result of “significant health and safety health and safety concerns stemming from failure in the pool tile surfaces” and that Sefton Council had lodged a legal claim against Splash World’s original developers relating to “latent defects” at the facility after spending “several years” trying to resolve the issue informally.
