Lossie pool will be replaced, councillors decide

Moray councillors today reaffirmed their commitment to include a swimming pool as part of plans for a replacement Lossiemouth High School campus.

Officers had recommended that they consider excluding the pool in the face of rising costs for the project.

But they voted 19 to five in favour of retaining the pool as part of the overall development.

The council agreed a year ago to build a new secondary school with capacity for 800 pupils, along with community facilities and a swimming pool at a cost of £31million.

However that figure has now risen to £36million as a result of unforeseen ground conditions and additional works insisted on by the Ministry of Defence due to the close proximity to RAF Lossiemouth.

Excluding the swimming pool would have brought the overall cost down to £33.5million.

Moray Council area stretches from Tomintoul in the south to the shores of the Moray Firth, from Keith in the east to Forres in the west. The council and its 4,500 employees respond to the needs of 95,510 residents in this beautiful part of Scotland, which nestles between Aberdeenshire and the Highlands.

Famous for its colony of dolphins, fabulous beaches and more malt whisky distilleries than any where else in Scotland, Moray is a thriving area and a great place to live.

Headquartered in  Elgin, the administrative capital of Moray.