Liberal Democrat councillor for Crouch End Peter Floyd is demanding an urgent assurance that the future of Park Road Pool is secure, following the news that Haringey Council is to abandon its plans to hand it over to Aqua Terra along with other Council sports facilities.

Haringey Council’s Executive was told at their meeting last night that the Aqua Terra bid to run Haringey’s pools and sports facilities will not proceed.

Cllr Floyd is now seeking an explanation as to why the bid has been abandoned at this late stage. Over the last two years he has been working with swimming pool users to ensure that there is no loss of facilities and no unreasonable charge increases if the pool is transferred to a private company like Aqua Terra.

“We need to know the exact reasons for the bid being abandoned before we can welcome this news,” said Cllr Floyd. “Most importantly, we need assurances from the Labour Council that if the pool is run directly by Haringey Council they will not close it down and sell the land for development”.