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DC Leisure wins £35m PFI contract
Contract management company DC Leisure has been appointed by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to develop four sports and leisure centres in South Yorkshire in a £35m PPP/PFI project.
The development will see DC Leisure, along with its funding partner Barclays, design, build, finance and operate a pool complex, two dual-use facilities and a leisure complex.
St Ann’s Central Rotherham Pool will consist of a 25m six-lane swimming pool with a moveable floor, a 25m leisure and teaching pool with river runs and flumes, a six-court sports hall, squash courts, health and fitness suites and a climbing wall.
The dual-use facilities, located on or adjacent to secondary school sites at Aston and Wath will both consist of a main pool and learner pool, fitness suite and sports hall, while a further site at Maltby will boast a 25m six lane swimming pool with moveable floor, a diving pool, sports hall and fitness suite.
DC Leisure and the borough council are now in negotiations to agree on the final scheme. Building work is expected to begin early next year, with the facilities scheduled to open in 2008.
DC Leisure will operate the centres on a 32-year contract from the time of opening.