Pool roof plans hit stumbling blocks

LaurenVanderdeen lvanderdeen@burnabynow

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It turns out putting a roof over an outdoor pool isn’t as simple as Burnaby city council would have liked.

After council decided earlier this year to cover Central Park Outdoor Pool with a tent-like roof structure to make it usable throughout the winter season, a new report with estimated costs just made things more complicated

Staff presented council with two options for the pool roof cover at a meeting July 10

The first, cheaper option would be a $3 8-million contract increase to cover the pool by itself, as originally requested by council, according to a staff report.

But the option “poses a number of limitations,” according to staff, who said there would be additional operating costs to rent temporary change rooms,

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