direct to your inboxMajor plans to carry out urgent repairs at Manchester Velodrome have been approved after concerns were expressed about its long-term future.Numerous structural, mechanical and electrical failures have been identified at the 26-year-old building which forms part of the HSBC UK National Cycling Centre.A report submitted with the planning application warned that if ‘catastrophic' failings forced the complex to close, investment in Manchester would dry up and renowned cycling events would relocate to other UK cities.Manchester council, which developed the Velodrome alongside British Cycling and Sports England, has insisted the headquarters of Team GB’s cycling team is ‘structurally sound’.But like the Manchester Aquatics.
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