Newmarket Leisure Centre is a flagship project for Forest Heath District Council and will provide the local community with purpose built, high specification leisure facilities. Residents may be aware of some construction issues on site. The contractor, ISG Jackson, has taken the decision to accelerate the works programme to ensure the leisure centre is completed to specification for a late spring 2008 opening.

We aim to deliver a new leisure facility with high standards of construction and the whole project team is working together to ensure that every aspect of the new build achieves this. Remedial work currently being carried out on site will be at no additional cost to Forest Heath Council Tax payers.

The external appearance of the site will also undergo a transformation as ISG Jackson renews the protective hoardings surrounding the site and introduces a number of viewing panels so that local residents can check on progress.

On completion, Newmarket Leisure Centre will boast an impressive range of new wet facilities, featuring a 25 metre main pool, a training pool, large changing rooms, health suite and treatment rooms. These new facilities will be housed in a two-storey steel frame building with an attractive glass façade, which will seamlessly knit the existing buildings with the new development.

Leader of Forest Heath District Council, Councillor Geoffrey Jaggard said: "We are, naturally, disappointed that the leisure centre has suffered some setbacks, but a new project plan and renewed commitment will see positive progress on this long awaited centre."