New football pitch for Woodchurch

A Wirral school is set to see a £1.1m investment in its facilities in an area that is seeing “some of the highest demand” in the country.

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00:00A Wirral school is set to see a £1.1 million investment in its facilities.

00:07Claremont Specialist Sports College in Leesau could soon see a new 3G football pitch built,

00:13similar to those on the Woodchurch Estate or Bidston, providing the school with a brand new facility.

00:20The scheme will cost £1.1 million in total, with a likely grant from the Football Foundation

00:26of nearly £800,000 to allow the project to go ahead.

00:3169% of the costs, or up to £781,196, for the new pitch will be paid for by the Football Foundation,

00:41but any costs above that are Wirral councils to pay.

00:45Counsellors are expected to discuss it next week.