The Eastlink’s Centre’s lazy river is floating towards a $1 million renovation.
Due to the renovation’s the lazy river is expected to be closed until sometime in December, but the rest of the aquatics centre will be available after the yearly maintenance is completed on October 5th.
The river is in need of a new liner replacement, with the current liner being around since the Eastlink Centre opened roughly 13 years ago.
Both the current, and the old liner are shipped in from Italy, which makes up for a chunk of the costs, and a majority of the wait time for the river to be open. The shipping for the liner will take anywhere from 50-75 days to be shipped.
The demolition of the river will done completed by local contractors.
Grande Prairie Mayor, Jackie Clayton mentioned about the various other options that the aquatics centre has to offer while the lazy river is under closure.
“Generally people go and experience all the amenities whether its the water slides, or the diving boards, the hot tubs or the other amenities.”
The cost of admission to enter the aquatics centre after the maintenance in October, is not expected to change while the river is being worked on according to Clayton.
Depending on the shipping time from Italy, the earliest you can expect to see the river back is early December, with the latest being around Christmas time.
