THE completion date on essential repair work on the swimming pool at Carnegie Leisure Centre has been put back to the end of June. It had been hoped the work – which includes the installation of an enhanced ventilation system designed to meet the needs of performance swimmers as well as essential maintenance on the pool tank – would be completed early this year. However, delays due to the delivery of materials from outwith the UK associated with COVID port restrictions are affecting the contract delivery. Emma Walker, chief executive for Fife Sports and Leisure Trust, said: “We continue to work with our partner, Fife Council, to ensure the works can be completed as swiftly as possible.
Greens call for rent freeze in Fife for coming year
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Fife Council and social landlords in the region are being urged to consider a rent freeze in the coming year.
Similar moves have been announced by housing associations elsewhere, including in Dundee, Glasgow and Argyll and Bute, to help tenants affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
However, Fife Council is still looking at a rise of around 1.5%, less than a previously anticipated 3%.
Green MSP Mark Ruskell is urging landlords to take the current situation into account.
Three-tenths of the homes will also be tailored to specific needs such as wheelchair users and those with complex care requirements.
Councillor Judy Hamilton, who chairs Fife Housing Partnership and is also convener of Fife Council s community and housing services sub-committee, welcomed the blueprint.
She said it was very, very ambitious - one of the most ambitious in Scotland .
Estimates produced by Fife Council show that the Kingdom requires an average of 1,146 new homes to be built every single year to meet demand for good quality housing, more than half of which needs to be considered affordable .
The Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes and Central area is judged to be the most in need of affordable housing in Fife, followed by Dunfermline and the West.
Author of the article: Scott Dunn
Publishing date: Dec 21, 2020 • December 21, 2020 • 3 minute read •
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People poured into stores in anticipation of a lockdown even before the province made it official Monday afternoon.
Owen Sound Zehrs store manager Cynthia Dawson said customers started to arrive in droves shortly after opening.
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“We’re lined up out the door and tons of people are heading out. We are obviously maintaining out capacity at 85. Yeah, we just can’t keep up with the volume that’s coming in.”