Some of those who use the King Alfred have welcomed news that Brighton and Hove City Council is to draw up detailed designs for a new swimming pool and leisure centre on the seafront. The council’s cabinet agreed to include the £65 million project in its capital programme at a meeting at Hove Town Hall last Thursday (25 September). Chris Adams, who takes his granddaughter to the King Alfred regularly, said that it was about time the leisure centre was replaced. The council plans to borrow between £38.6 million and £47.7 million from the Public Works Loan Board. The cost of repaying the debt over 50 years would be between £1.95 million and £2.4 million a year.