The council are moving on with the development of the King Alfred site.
“We will be working with the team with the aim of having the planning application submitted by the end of 2025. That will enable us to stay on track to have work for the new facility start on site in the early months of 2026 with planned completion in early 2028. ”
Alliance Leisure has been chosen to complete the design and lead the planning application using GT3 Architects with Engenuiti as the civil and structural engineers for the project, Van Zyl & de Villiers (VZDV) will be the project’s building services and engineering consultant and Hadron Consulting the technical project managers.
More details, if you are bored and really want them(!), can be found here.
Obviously once they start there may be disruption to our regular Thursday evening slot but they promise “to keep the centre open as long as possible”.
I could move the class elsewhere to avoid hassle but I’m inclined to hang on to our current slot, in the hope it will give us priority when the new facilities are completed. After all, Wudang, Practical, Tai Chi Chuan has been practised there, almost every week (excepting COVID lockdowns), for more than 35 years!