£2 million for work on ground underneath Ripon Leisure Centre
It's hoped the centre can eventually be refurbished.
Two million pounds has been approved to spend on stabilising the ground underneath Ripon Leisure Centre.
The town has been susceptible to voids and sinkholes in the past.
It's hoped this work will mean the leisure centre can be refurbished.
But it will take the total amount of money spent on the works to £8.5m with no guarantee that it will succeed.
Ripon’s Jack Laugher Leisure and Wellness Centre opened in March 2022 but whilst the pool is in use, plans for a gym at the existing leisure centre on the same site were delayed after a void was discovered.
Instead, a temporary gym was erected in the site’s car park costing £300,000.
The local council’s executive met in Northallerton this morning to rubber-stamp the additional spend on ground stabilisation works.
As of last month, there has been almost 3,000 tonnes of grout pumped into the void.