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New watersports centre set to make a splash

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Plans to transform flooded gravel pits in Long Eaton into a watersports centre have been approved.Katie and Richard Hill, from Mansfield, bought the 133-acre former Trent Meadow gravel pit site three years ago and have been given the green light by Erewash Borough Council.Work is now set to begin on the Spring Lakes Watersports Club, a multimillion-pound project which will create at least 12 jobs.The site was used for sand and gravel extraction from the 1960s and was left an eyesore when operations ceased. In the 1990s an upgrading scheme saw the gravel pits flooded to create three lakes and the area became popular with dog-walkers.