Unused since 2020, LU pool now undergoing testing to assess the extent of repair work that needs to be done
Laurentian University has provided the community with an update on the status of its swimming pool, which has been closed for nearly three years now, as the university weathered the COVID-19 pandemic and its own insolvency.
Laurentian said in 2020 that a report from KPMG had found that the Ben Avery Complex and the Jeno Tihanyi pool required more than $10 million in maintenance. She said the testing process, funded by the university, will begin in February, and does not yet have an estimated completion date. An update will be provided to the community when the testing has progressed significantly, no later than April 30.
Following the announcement, Sudbury.com reached out to Dean Henze, head coach with the Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club, a youth competitive swim program that had been one of the main user groups at the pool. This is a sight I’ve been patiently waiting for. Perhaps the beginning of the end of an exile. pic.twitter.com/MwuDSYfWWw
“We are at the mercy of time, with what damage was done in the previous three years of just sitting there idle, particularly the last 12 months of it being empty, and also coming to some sort of financial solution to the operational costs of the pool, going forward.”
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