The Victoria Park Leisure Centre in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, could be in line for nearly £3m-worth of improvements.

According to the Ilkeston Advertiser, the work will include a new gym and disabled facilities, plus improvements to the centre's pools, changing rooms, car park, lighting, reception area and roof. The proposals, announced this week by Conservative Erewash Borough councillors, are expected to get the green light at a meeting in early March. However, a Labour councillor has expressed the view that - while he approved of the plan - a new modern centre replacing both Victoria Park and the town's disused Albion Leisure Centre would be more cost effective.

If the recommendation is passed, Erewash Borough Council would provide funding of at least £2.39m for the scheme, with the remainder being dependent on a successful grant application to Sport England.