Super Flumes For New Leisure Centre
Half a million people a year expected to use new Clydebank Leisure Centre
It's hoped Scotland's first fully-interactive flume ride could bring half a million visitors to Clydebank's new leisure centre when it opens in 2017.
The Aqua Smash Experience flume will use the latest technology from Holland and features a game with touch point lights throughout the slide which give swimmers points.
At the plunge-pool a display screen shows your time, speed and score so you can compete with friends and family.
Participants will also have their picture taken at the end of the flume and have the option of sending it to their social media sites or email address using the tablets which will be installed within the facility.
The £22million four-storey leisure centre will open in early 2017.
In addition to the leisure pool with flume, the centre will have a 25-metre swimming pool and teaching pool, changing facilities, a café, multi-purpose sports hall, fitness suite, and dance studio.
Councillor Patrick McGlinchey, Convener of Infrastructure and Regeneration, said: "We want the new Clydebank Leisure Centre to be a first-class facility and that includes this spectacular flume which is the first of its kind in Scotland.
"I hope the flume will attract people from far and wide to come and visit this amazing facility and Clydebank as a town.
"I am delighted that we are leading the way in the design of our new leisure centre and this addition will quite literally blow other flumes out of the water.
"Having already signed the £15 million deal which will open up the rest of the Queens Quay site for development, these are exciting times for Clydebank. The work to transform the former John Brown’s shipyard has already made significant strides and in the coming years when the housing is developed it will once again become a bustling hub for the town."