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CCTV Needed to Save Paddling Pool

CCTV Needed to Save Paddling Pool
By Charles Ballard Mon, 06 August 2012 8:00PM

Parents are calling for CCTV to be installed , after the East Cowes Paddling Pool was shut again due to broken glass being found in the pool.

 

This is the third time broken glass has been found in the paddling pool since May.

 

Fears from the parents are that if this continues to happen the pool will be filled in. In an earlier report by Isle of Wight Radio it was revealed that it costs thousands to refill the pool, so to keep filling it, would not be cost effective to keep the facility running.

 

The cost to install CCTV cameras to watch the East Cowes Paddling could cost in excess of £80,000, according to East Cowes Cllr Margret Webster. It is an added expense which Cllr Webster feels could be avoided if those involved could see the error of their ways.

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