Falkirk Council orders fact-finding review into 'lost' report that highlighted safety fears for Bo'ness swimming pool

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A 'fact-finding' review will look at how a Falkirk Council report from 2019 - which seemed to highlight major concerns about the dangerous state of Bo'ness Recreation Centre - was overlooked.

The issue was raised at F alkirk Council today (Wednesday) by Independent councillor Brian McCabe, who said he was very concerned to hear about a report, written in 2019, which highlighted safety fears about the condition of Bo'ness Recreation Centre's swimming pool.

The report was written when the centre was managed by Falkirk Community Trust and it was discovered this year by council officers who had not been aware of its existence. Read more: Falkirk Council facing questions over 'unacceptable closure' of Bo'ness centre The 2019 report stated: “In view of the hazard to the public and the increased risk caused by the weakened corner of the structure, it is my opinion that the swimming pool should be closed and drained as soon as possible."Director of Place, Malcolm Bennie, told members he shared concerns such a major report could have been overlooked and said he had referred the matter to the council's Internal Audit team to look into the circumstances."I'm as interested as you are to find out what happened," he told councillors.At the meeting, Cllr McCabe called for council officers to undertake a full audit of all of properties that had previously been managed by the Trust, in case similar problems had been overlooked.But the SNP administration said the council has recently undertaken condition reports on all of its properties as part of its ongoing strategic property review and across other major buildings.The SNP group's deputy leader, Cllr Paul Garner, said these surveys were already identifying issues and a further