Possible locations for a new swimming pool in Mosgiel will be inspected by the Dunedin City Council.
A council working party planned to tour the city's existing swimming facilities, as well as possible sites for a new pool, as part of its work in coming weeks.
Council aquatic services manager Steve Prescott, a member of the working party, said no decisions had yet been made, but confirmed several possible sites for a new Mosgiel pool would be inspected as part of the tour.
"It will look at a number of locations at Mosgiel ... it won't make any decision on any one or the other, it will just make a decision that there are possible sites," he said.
Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board member Martin Dillon, the board's representative on the working party, said while no decision to replace Mosgiel's existing ageing pool had been made, it was something he would be pushing for.
"At the end of the day we have still got Mosgiel growing and we have got a bathtub," he told the Otago Daily Times.
The tour comes after a report by consultants SGL Group New Zealand Ltd recommended redeveloping Moana Pool - adding a cafe and day spa - and building a new pool in Mosgiel and a high-performance training pool at the Forsyth Barr Stadium.
The report was requested by councillors during this year's 2010-11 annual plan hearings, after members of the public called for improvements to aquatic facilities - including in Mosgiel - during submissions.
Its findings were presented to councillors in April, leading to the formation of a working party in May, comprising four councillors, two council staff and Mr Dillon, to examine the report's conclusions.
A report was to be presented to the council's community development committee on August 31, but was now expected to go to a council committee later this year, after the new council's inaugural meeting on Tuesday.
Working party chairman Cr Paul Hudson could not be contacted yesterday, but Mr Prescott said information gleaned from the tour would be included in a report to be completed in late December or early January.
"It's still a work in progress really ... once they've had a look at those sites, [councillors] can sit down and then make some decisions based on that, really."
Mr Dillon said he did not expect a new pool to be built in Mosgiel soon.
"It's not going to happen next year, or the year after, either."
At last year's annual plan hearings in January, fellow Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board member Bill Feather said a new swimming pool could cost up to $10 million, although he suggested a $600,000 budget for maintenance of the existing pool could be diverted to help pay for the new facility.
