{"id":331932,"date":"2025-12-23T18:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/331932\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T18:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:14:13","slug":"council-will-pay-for-repair-work-to-worthing-lido-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/331932\/","title":{"rendered":"Council will pay for repair work to Worthing Lido structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is \u00a31m of community infrastructure levy funding which could go towards the restoration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Talks are underway with West Sussex County Council for further money, but it is expected additional investment will still be needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Sophie Cox, the leader of the council, said: &#8220;Our residents have made it clear how much the lido means to them and that they want us to invest in it for the decades to come. We&#8217;re determined to make that a reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is a critical time for the future of the lido but it feels really positive that there is a clear plan to save this unique building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More than 1,500 people have signed a petition launched a year ago calling for the nearly 100-year-old attraction to be saved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Organiser Elaine Deed said at the time: &#8220;Our beloved lido, once a symbol of local heritage, now stands in disrepair, marked by graffiti and perilously close to falling into the sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The Worthing Lido is more than a structure, it&#8217;s an embodiment of Worthing&#8217;s rich cultural history and cherished memories, enjoyed in the past by locals and visitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is \u00a31m of community infrastructure levy funding which could go towards the restoration. Talks are underway with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-331932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}