Fife Council has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering a £50m investment in state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities for Dunfermline, Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy.

Cllr. Brian Goodall, Chair of the Housing and Communities Committee said: "The council's first priority is to address those sports facilities where there is the greatest need, hence our commitment to refurbish Carnegie Leisure Centre and to replace the Fife Sports Institute & Kirkcaldy Swimming Pool.

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"This alone requires an investment of £50m and will in itself be the single biggest investment in Fife's sporting infrastructure since the late 1960's. To put it in a wider context, this is one of the biggest investments in sport by a local authority in Scotland."

Dur to the scale of the project a "like-for-like replacemen" for all three facilities is plannned

Councillor Goodall concluded: "We very much see this as the first stage in a longer-term commitment to the provision of high quality sport facilities in the town and I can also confirm that we'd be happy to explore a partnership approach if there are other organisations ready, willing and able to make a contribution to the development of additional sport facilities in Kirkcaldy."

(GK)