The aquatics area at the Eastlink Centre is completely reopened, with the residents able to use the 25 metre pool again. The program pool is the last amenity needed to reopen since closing at the beginning of September for maintenance work.
The program pool opened at noon on Saturday, October 28th, more than a week earlier than planned. Earlier in October, the City of Grande Prairie announced the it was scheduled to reopen on November 6th, delayed because of necessary repairs to the 50 metre competition pool that were found after the pool was drained.
Other work done during the several-week closure of the aquatics area included deep cleaning all the facility’s amenities, fixing broken tiles and lights, line painting the 500 metre pool, and resurfacing more than 3,100 square metres of the deck. According to the City of Grande Prairie, a decent chunk of the work completed over the shutdown falls under a ten-year maintenance cycle.
