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Dec 2022
Delayed opening for temporary gym at Ripon leisure centre
The opening of the proposed £300,000 temporary gym at Jack Laugher Leisure and Wellness Centre in Ripon has been delayed until the New Year.
On July 28, Harrogate Borough Council (HBC) said it had submitted a planning application to install the temporary structure on the car park next to the centre's main entrance and added that it would open in the autumn at a date to be confirmed.
Today, an HBC spokesperson told the Stray Ferret:
In the meantime, the gym located on the upper floor of the existing 1995 leisure centre where remedial ground stabilisation works are due to take place at a cost of £3.5 million will remain open.
At the time of HBC's announcement in July, Cllr Stanley Lumley, the council's cabinet member for culture, tourism and sport, and chair of the board of directors at Brimhams Active which runs the centre, said:
The need for ground stabilisation works follows the discovery of a void under part of the existing leisure centre understood to have been present for a number of years.
It was discovered when the reinforced concrete slab for the new swimming pool was cast.
The temporary gym will include equipment currently available in the existing leisure and wellness centre and expert advice and guidance will be provided by members of the Brimhams Active team.
Customers will be able to use the changing and shower facilities in the new pool area - as well as the sauna and steam suite – which opened in March and group exercise classes will also continue to be provided at Hugh Ripley Hall.
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