Dunedin-based company Lund South Ltd has won the $3.5 million contract for the Balclutha pool upgrade.
Clutha District Council chief executive Charles Hakkaart said the upgrade would focus on renewing the 40-year-old pool to modern standards.
A therapeutic pool and a bulkhead that would allow for the main pool to be shortened to 25m for competitive swimming and to separate the main pool from a new learners area would go ahead only if external funding sources could be found, Mr Hakkaart said. It would cost an additional $169,000.
Mr Hakkaart hoped work would begin on the pool in the next two to three weeks.
The Balclutha pool is expected to reopen in January, and entry fees would be reviewed to reflect the upgraded facilities and to reduce the impact on rates.
The upgrade will include. -
• Replacement of the old asbestos roof and walls.
• New layout of learners pool to provide safer area for toddlers with a shallower beach pool.
• Family-friendly changing rooms.
• Renewal of the heating and ventilation system.
• Improved pool entrance.
