Sir - We now know that the promised £100,000-a-year saving from closing Peers Sports Centre is a fantasy. It assumes every user will switch to another city council leisure centre and income will be the same.
In fact the closure will only save about £58,000 a full year. But at what a cost to local people and Peers School.
I was thrilled when city councillors of all parties voted overwhelmingly recently (November 19) to say that the planned closure was "ill-thought out and will be damaging to some of the areas in Oxford in greatest need".
Councillors asked the executive board to consider alternative proposals for savings to keep our centre open. Councillor Gill Sanders, my fellow Littlemore councillor, and I are due to meet with the acting leisure manager on Thursday, November 29, to look at serious alternatives.
On Monday, December 3, the city council's executive board meets at Oxford Town Hall at 9am to decide our fate. I hope they will see sense and find a way to keep a much-used and much-loved centre open.
John Tanner, Lord Mayor of Oxford, Oxford
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