Hello
I understand what you are saying but the public have been let down and misinformed by the officers/politicians who are asking us to trust them to get this project delivered.

In 2005 the public were told.

From the council's Forest Hill Pools FAQ website...

The cost of the current recommendation was calculated in the summer of 2005 if you take away the possible land sale receipt it came to ...... ?4.7m.

More Forest Hill Pools FAQs

At the consultation the public were incorrectly told it was not possible to build on open land. In the hall was a cabinet member who was at the time building houses on Metropolitan Open Space and the Mayor who'd agreed to a building on park land in Deptford.

The first example doesn't show commonsense and the second demonstrates how meaningful dialogue can be curtailed. I'm sure those sort of problems can be ironed out.
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I've re-read the recommendation and I don't think the farcade will be retained. If you accept the officers opinions, they say it is to costly and the sale of land may not be possible.

The officers state because of the water leakage if refurbishment goes ahead 12-18 would be required to let the back fill dry out. Would that still be case with a new build?

To have the new pools by the summer of 2010 would mean building needs to start by January 2009?

I looked at the Mayor's budget and I could only see ?5.6m allocated for Forest Hill pools, does that mean the funds will be 'found' over the coming years? Also, will the funding of the pool depend on a developer obtaining planning permission to build housing?

If there is space and budget for community rooms, would a dance studio be useful or maybe music rooms, how about an information come meeting room, possibly a Steve Grindlay corner revealing the history of Forest Hill on a multi-digital-platform?

Changing rooms: boys on the left, girls on the right or village style with individual changing cubicles?

Showers: A request from a female friend, can she have a private shower rather than the public ones at Wavelengths?

Is a sauna a viable proposition?