Funding boost for Carnegie upgrade
The redevelopment of Carnegie Leisure Centre in Dunfermline has received a funding boost after sportscotland agreed to contribute £1.1m towards the project.
Fife Council is leading the scheme as part of a £50m investment in local sports facilities, which will also see the redevelopment of the Fife Institute of Physical and Recreation Education in Glenrothes, and a new swimming complex in Kirkcaldy. Designs for the refurbished Carnegie Leisure Centre have now been finalised, and will include new changing and reception areas, a new 90-station gym, two new, purpose-built aerobic studios and an upgrade of the sports hall.
Work will also see an extension of the centre's training pool, the installation of a moveable floor and a new health village. Fife Sports and Leisure Trust manages and operates the facility on behalf of Fife Council. The trust's chief executive, Ed Watson, said: "A contribution of this scale reflects the confidence that sportscotland has in the project, and the long-term sporting legacy it will deliver to the community."
Carnegie Leisure Centre is set to close in order to allow the redevelopment to take place, and is scheduled to reopen in January 2011. Image: GG Graphics/Fife Council