My Apologies, I had not seen the article,I wager they were not made in Birmingham!
I love the sentiment that the design is based on the roads and waterways of Brum. Maybe Mikejee can add them to his maps...joke!The article does say that they have been designed by three students from Birmingham School of Jewellery and made by a firm based in the city's Jewellery Quarter.
The Decision to scrap the athletes village was made in 2020 as far as I knew. Housing is still being built and continued for local residents.john i travel through perry barr quite a lot and i am pretty certain work was continuing on the athletes village for most of the pandemic....my feeling is its just an excuse for running behind time and of course it has all gone massively over budget....
lyn
Thanks Rosie, it looks a fabulous pool. Be interesting to see how the public transport works out when the Games are a memory and people want to take their kids to the pool. I was fortunate in having Thimblemill Baths at the bottom of my road. I see they and Langley will close. Of course the purpose of this Aquatic Centre is an elite swimming venue and I can see that athletes will be able to train and compete there in future years. What they call Legacy though is more imponderable.I have just discovered that there is no proper car park at Sandwell Aquatic Centre. Everyone will be expected to walk, cycle or go by bus. (Good luck with that!!) Parking restrictions will be in place for residents too. There will be selected coach access.
Sandwell Aquatics Centre Frequently Asked Questions | Sandwell Council
Sounds well thought out. Just like Sheffield, access by public transport only.Thanks Rosie, it looks a fabulous pool. Be interesting to see how the public transport works out when the Games are a memory and people want to take their kids to the pool. I was fortunate in having Thimblemill Baths at the bottom of my road. I see they and Langley will close. Of course the purpose of this Aquatic Centre is an elite swimming venue and I can see that athletes will be able to train and compete there in future years. What they call Legacy though is more imponderable.
plus the £25 million shortfall post 105The £778m was the cost for the whole games which according to the bbc article below included the athletes village at £350m (then). Alexandra Stadium upgrade was £70m and Sandwell Aquatics Centre £60m.
Birmingham 2022 Games to cost £778m
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will cost £778m, slightly above initial estimates, the government announces.www.bbc.co.uk
Yes Lyn, I assume that when they decided that the proposed olympic village could not be completed on time they would concentrated on making the route to the stadium unimpeded. Of course this is a national prestige project and this sort of money would never have been spent on helping the people of Birmingham or Sandwell. Dereki love sport ..have played it and watch it a lot have done since i was little but while the games maybe a success the cost has been rising steadily including a massive deficit of money...not to mention the chaos to the general public...what i find sad is that the proposed olympic village which would have housed officials and world athletes was shelved so unless i have got this wrong all this work that has been going on is only to get to the alexandra stadium...the last i heard at a cost of £778 million....sorry but i am still of the opinion that this amount of money could have been better spent to help the people of birmingham...young and old...
lyn