| Topic: | 'Dire standards' at New Chiswick Pool and Brentford Fountain Leisure Centres | |
| Posted by: | Una-Jane Winfield | |
| Date/Time: | 28/07/19 18:58:00 |
| The headline and the petition are inflammatory. It is true that there are some problems at Brentford Fountain Leisure Pool and fewer at Chiswick New Pool. If the pools could be closed and emptied for a short time to permit essential maintenance work every year without fail this would have prevented problems getting worse. But the Council and Fusion Lifestyle, the company managing them, are reluctant to give up the income. This is short-sighted. Hounslow Council should work with Fusion and give them the funds for the maintenance. This will make the pools more attractive to the public and keep revenue rolling in. The worst possible outcome would be for the facilities to be allowed to become so bad that the sites were closed and sold to property developers. That would be "lose-lose" for the public. Come on, Hounslow Council, please be pro-active and find out what work needs to be done! Charlotte Kimpson has given you the starting list. |