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Have your say on Smethwick's Commonwealth Games aquatics centre

Residents are being urged to have their say on the plans for a £60 million state-of-the-art Aquatics Centre in Smethwick.

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Artist's impression of the pool. Image: Sandwell Council.

The new facility will be built on Londonderry Playing Fields and will host swimming and diving competitions during the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Plans include a 50m Olympic-sized competition swimming pool and 25m diving pool.

Alongside swimming facilities, the centre will boast a dry-dive facility, gym, ladies only gym, activity studios, eight-court sports hall, indoor cycling studio and cafe.

Sandwell Council's cabinet member for leisure, Bill Gavan said: "The centre will give us a great legacy for Sandwell beyond the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and we want people to be involved in its design.”

Public drop-in sessions will take place at St Mark's Church, in Thimblemill Road, on Tuesday, January 8, between 5pm and 8pm, and Thursday, January 10, between 9am and 5pm.

For more information, visit sandwell.gov.uk/aquaticscentre