North Lanarkshire Council will close 39 community facilities to try to find £64m in savings.
Sir Matt Busby Sports Centre, BellshillThe libraries that will close are Abronhill, Viewpark, Moodiesburn, Stepps, Cleland and New Stevenston.These are either used for fewer than 10 hours per week or are already set to be integrated into a new community hub.In the meantime, all facilities remain open to the public.to maintain the services they offer.Mr Logue said the closures were a result of tighter budgets imposed on councils by the Scottish government.
"The council needs to save £64m over the next three years and that means having to make quite painful decisions about community facilities, in order to protect services in the face of the most pressing budget cuts." A spokesperson added: "While Scotland is facing the most challenging budget settlement since devolution due to ongoing UK Government austerity, this year North Lanarkshire Council will receive £779.7 million to fund local services - which equates to an extra £25.4 million on last year."
But this is one of the clearest examples yet of a council making significant cuts which it knows are likely to be controversial and divisive. North Lanarkshire Council argues that some of the facilities facing closure are under-used or require substantial investment.
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