'Kids are growing up without any sports facilities': Call to fast-track pitches after new secondary school plans put 'on ice'
Desperately-needed community sports pitches should be fast-tracked after plans for the new secondary school earmarked to host them were put ‘on ice’, a council boss has said. Coun Janet Emsley, deputy leader of Rochdale council, says the local authority cannot ‘leave it to the whim’ of the government, following its decision to pause plans for the 750-place Lakeside Academy, in Littleborough.
She added that new pitches were needed by ‘various organisations’ in the area, including Wardle FC and Mayfield FC. “Let’s face it, if this secondary school is on ice for five years and there’s a 10-year-old out there, they will be 15 by the time this school’s built - and they haven’t had football facilities, rugby facilities, hockey - or whatever people will play on these pitches,” she said.
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