THE future of a town's swimming pool is looking bleak following a row over who should pay for a survey identifying what work needs to be done to keep it open.
Sedgefield Borough Council has been accused of misleading campaigners who are fighting to save Shildon's swimming pool.
Shildon Mayor Garry Huntington said that the borough council had promised to pay for an independent survey to assess what needed to be done to bring the pool back up to operational standard.
But the borough council is insisting this is not the case.
A meeting of the two councils is being called. Councillor Huntington said: "They should have made things clear in the beginning. They are trying to drag this out."
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