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MAY 4 2012 ISSUE 86
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Go ahead for pool
Council puts out tender for upgrades to local aquatic centre
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arrickville Council has given the go ahead for the refurbishment of Petersham’s Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre, agreeing last week to put the work out to tender. It is the second time the project to refurbish the pool has made it to this point – in May 2011, levels of contamination found at the site during preparations for tender halted the process. Councillors also reconfi rmed last week that the pool should be reduced to 25-metres in length, in line with FINA regulations. Petersham local, Th erese Spruhan, who swims at the pool was relieved that the facility would receive the promised upgrade. “While many of the regulars will be sad to see the end of the current 33-metre pool, I am pleased that Marrickville Council has made a commitment to maintaining a community pool in Petersham Park,” she said. Extra funds were allocated in the Budget to take into account the new scope of work, which is required for the extensive remediation of the site and the planned refurbishment work. While the tender process will confi rm when the pool will be closed for construction, it is most likely to be this coming summer.
The Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre will be refurbished [Photo: Therese Spruhan]
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