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Like us on Facebook or go to www.thelocalnewcastle.com.au for more news • Issue No 112• Newcastle’s favourite little community newspaper • August 2023 •
Cash splash or stunt? A $10 million indoor aquatic facility at Lambton Park War Memorial Swimming Centre is part of a tender the City of Newcastle placed on public notice in July for the operation of Newcastle’s five swimming pools. Proposed upgrades by BlueFit Pty Ltd, who have been managing Lambton Swimming Centre since 2014, will also include a gym, new kiosk and new changerooms. BlueFit has also committed to building accessibility facilities at each of the city’s five pools at Lambton, Wallsend, Beresfield, An artist’s impression of the 25m indoor pool proposed by Stockton and Mayfield. BlueFit Pty Ltd for Lambton Pool should they be successful in Under the proposed lease of seven their bid to manage the City’s five inland pools years, with two possible seven-year extensions at the City’s discretion, BlueFit would commit $5 million A decision on whether to award day management of the pools back as part of their successful tender to BlueFit the contract to manage in-house will be made in August Newcastle’s pools or bring day to (continued on page 5) operate the city’s pools.
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