Residents in the Harbour City will soon be able to swim at two public pools.
The City of Nanaimo announced in a press release Wednesday that both the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and Beban Park Pool will open with revised schedules starting on Monday, Oct. 25.
The municipality also says swimming schedules at both the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and Beban Park Pool will be temporarily modified to accommodate as many patrons in the pools as possible while Beban Pool undergoes repairs.
“The temporary schedule at Beban will accommodate the public for drop-in swim sessions and participants in swimming lessons,” the city said in its press release.
Repair work is currently underway at Beban Park, however, the pool will open Oct. 25, allowing residents to use the leisure pool, hot tub, steam room, sauna and teaching pool Monday to Friday.
Beban Park Pool has been closed since March 2020 due to the pandemic and was slated to reopen on Oct. 18 but couldn’t due to “unforeseen operational challenges,” which have delayed its reopening to Oct. 25, according to the city.
“These modified swimming schedules at both Beban Park Pool and Nanaimo Aquatic Centre will be in place temporarily in order to accommodate swimming opportunities for as many community members as possible while the 25 metre pool at Beban gets repaired. Staff is working very hard to ensure that Beban Pool will be fully operational as soon as possible,” Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog said in the release.
In addition, the Beban Park weight room will be open weekdays, and swimming will available at Beban Park Pool when Nanaimo Aquatic Centre is hosting various meets this fall season, the city says.
For more information and to view the temporary schedules, click here.
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