Board chair says it’s a ‘very cautious investment’ as the university explores what it will take to repair the pool and get it up and running
Laurentian University has earmarked a little more than $300,000 out of its maintenance budget for the upcoming fiscal year to investigate and repair the leak at the Jeno Tihanyi Olympic Gold Pool.Late last month, Laurentian provided an update on its long-shuttered pool, saying it was investigating what it would take to reopen the facility.
What happened to Laurentian’s pool? The report said in the fall of 2020, the engineering consulting firm of J.L Richards was engaged to assess the structural integrity of the pool. Facility Services has retained Aquatic Associates as a consultant to lead the investigative process and repairs of the pool. They are an aquatic specialist company which provides consulting services to commercial aquatic facility operators and programmers.
“Now that Laurentian has successfully exited the CCAA, a decision is required on completing the necessary repair work to safely reopen the pool in the short term,” Michel Piché, Laurentian’s interim vice-president, finance and administration, told LU’s board. Piché explained that the pool is used primarily by community groups such as the Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club and the Sudbury Synchro Club.
Bangs said he’s been approached by many community stakeholders, including swim clubs, the municipal government and school boards, expressing the importance of Laurentian’s athletic facilities and greenspace, and in particular the pool. “The most memorable part for me was leaping off of the top tower into the pool, and waking up the next morning to find bruises all along my arms from having slapped the top of the water,” he said. “But that was memorable, and I did end up coming back to Laurentian to do my undergrad.”
He said the cost of running the pool cannot realistically be thrust upon the user groups alone. “The university must come up with a business plan to try and run revenue generating programs as well as the rental fees from community groups,” Henze said.
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