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Morley Borough Independents were celebrating the news that Morley has been allocated £15 million for the construction of a new Leisure Centre. The news follows a decision by Richard Caborn, the Sports Minister, to agree a two sports centre package for Leeds totally £30 million. MBI Councillors, who led the successful campaign, said “We have been campaigning for a new Leisure Centre for over 2 years and I am delighted at the news that we will get £15 million for the Morley replacement. The size of the finance package is overwhelming and will provide the money for a new Leisure Centre with a replacement swimming pool, sports halls and additional facilities for local residents. This is good news for Morley and good news for local residents.” The announcement precedes a public consultation event to be held on Thursday where local groups will decide the facilities needed prior to any plan being drawn up. Cllr Terry Grayshon said “I attended the last public meeting where people were coming up with all sorts of misconceptions. Indeed we were accused of planning to shut the sports centre and to do away with the pool! Clearly if we are to invest a large amount of money we need to ensure that the services provided meet the expectations of service users." Wide scale consultation will now take place to enable a plan to be drawn up and it is hoped that work could commence in 2008. Cllr Robert Finnigan said “We have lobbied both the City Council and Richard Caborn directly to have Morley accepted as a special case. We have been the only political grouping to do this and have received some unfair criticism for our support of a new Leisure Centre for Morley. We our delighted that we have been able to persuade Councillors and Ministers to back our campaign and that £15 million, which was initially to be allocated to another area in the City, is coming to Morley.”
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Councillors on the Outer South Area Committee were told that Morley Street cleansing services could be restructured to change the way they are delivered if this was what Councillors wanted. The pledge was given by Leeds City Councils Street Cleansing Chief Steve Smith at last Mondays Area Committee meeting following a question from Chairman Cllr Robert Finnigan. Cllr Finnigan said “We were told that there was no additional money to improve street cleansing across Morley but that Councillors could look at different ways of using the resource allocation to improve the quality of street cleansing services.” Options to be considered by Councillors could include the return of the street sweeper and barrow along with increased frequency litter picking on untidy routes and more penalty notices issued by Enforcement Officers around the Town Centre and on untidy school routes. Cllr Terry Grayshon said, “We believe that street cleansing services can be improved and we want our communities to be tidier. This means providing a more efficient service and focusing on penalising litter louts. We will be looking at all options – including low-tech approaches such as the return of a sweeper and barrow. We are due to meet officers before the end of the month but residents can give us their views.
Tell us what you would like to see happen to street cleansing services, use the link below.
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Morley Borough Independent Councillor Robert Finnigan has contacted the Leader of Kirklees Council to investigate the possibility of opening access to the Nab Lane recycling centre in Birstall to Morley residents. This follows a decision made by Kirklees Council over 5 years ago to introduce a Kirklees residents only pass scheme which excluded Morley residents from accessing the recycling centre. Cllr Finnigan said “I have been trying to get Morley resdeints back into this recycling centre for over 3 years but unfortunately, due to a reluctance to negotiate from Wakefield Council to allow access to Kirklees resdeints to their Shaw Cross Centre; Council Officers have been unable to negotiate a similar deal for Morley residents with Kirklees. It seems like common sense to me to drive up recycling rates but Morley residents presently have to drive to Middleton, often passing the Nab Lane, site if they want recycle.” Cllr Finnigan is discussing a pass access scheme, which would allow Morley residents back into the site and will take the matter up with Outer South Area Committee if the scheme is affordable. Tell us what you would like to see happen to recycling use the link below.
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or text your comments to 0791 8052463 Use the following link to access details of the proposals for Morley Leisure Centre and how to have your say .
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