Update - swimming pool

(With apologies for the delay, caused by illness.)

I have been speaking to one of the councillors, who like all the others is bound not to say anything about the proposals until they have gone to full Council.

I asked him for his own best guess as to how much longer the process will continue. He guessed that the cabinet committee considering the proposals could have finished its work by the end of the year and that their report will go before the full council early in the New Year, possibly even in January. This is his own guess, and it could be wrong in the end for all sorts of reasons. We know from the message in the recent "Insight"from Andrew Eade, council leader, that the controlling group is committed to a full presentation and consultation with the people on all the large projects, before the absolutely final decision is made.

SO, TENTATIVELY, WE MAY HOPE TO HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE BOROUGH COUNCIL IS PROPOSING BY SPRING 2008.

If you are convinced that you know already the main features of the proposals, or feel you can guess them, you have a democratic right to express your views. You also run the risk of having prematurely expressed them, when the details are fully known.

In the meantime, I am assured that the council committee has carefully considered needs of all sorts of groups. I am confident that my own concerns about access and control will be met, although I know no more of the details than any other member of the public.