TRADE workers in Calderdale have already secured £600,000 worth of business to help build new leisure facilities in the borough.
Brighouse and Sowerby Bridge will both get new leisure centres next year.
Work is already underway on the 25 metre main pool, learner pool, fitness studio and multi-purpose room at Wellholme Park, off Bradford Road Brighouse, which is due to open in October 2010.
Calderdale Council invited local companies to get involved and a number, ranging from roofing contractors to surveyors, have now been selected to work on the projects.
The council said 86% of the traders come from a 15 mile radius of both sites – with most of the workers living in Calderdale.
Clr Amanda Byrne, cabinet member for economy and environment said: “The council are committed to ensuring that local companies have the opportunity to take advantage of any developments taking place in Calderdale.
“It is important that we do all we can to support local businesses during the current economic downturn and I look forward to other local suppliers winning contracts for both these and other developments in the future.”
David Garbiak, financial director for Elland-based Thistle Roofing Services Limited, heads one of the businesses who have secured work with contractors Willmott Dixon.
