City of Kingston examining building an aquatic facility at the Invista Centre
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City staff estimate building an aquatic centre with change rooms could cost just over $55 M in 2022. The project if it moves forward is expected to be complete by 2029.
A large indoor aquatic centre is back on the front burner at Kingston, Ont.’s city hall.
It’s been over a decade since politicians waded into this debate.
This week, a committee will hear a timeline and price to build a swimming facility beside the Invista Centre but it’s unclear whether council is ready to take the plunge.
The possible aquatic centre in the city’s west end already has Coun. Simon Chapelle’s approval.
“Certainly the Invista Centre was designed with the future plans in mind for a pool and we live in an area that is close to the land of lakes, so to speak. Lake Ontario’s nearby. Every child should have an opportunity to learn to swim,” said Chappelle.
It appears some form of an aquatic centre does have support from some west end residents.
“I’m heading up there to the Invista Centre right now to go to the gym and that’d be a great bonus for me to go to the pool and have a little swim too,” added Everett Asselsteine, also a Kingston resident.
Part of a comprehensive report going to the municipality’s Arts and Recreation Committee details a 25-metre competitive pool, change rooms and a leisure pool that seems similar to the water park at the memorial centre.
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