East London school and leisure centre job hit by further delays with finish now expected this summer

By Alex Funk2026-02-04T12:42:00

Wanstead scheme has missed series of deadlines with council blaming ‘challenging ground conditions’ for hold-ups

A £20m scheme to extend a secondary school and neighbouring leisure centre in east London is now not expected to finish until this summer – more than a year after it was supposed to complete.

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