Tenders for repairs and refurbishment of the Glenorchy War Memorial Pool are now open.
Glenorchy Mayor Sue Hickey said opening the tenders was a key milestone for the pool’s long-awaited re-opening.
“As a Council, we said we would refurbish the pool as an interim measure and have it operating while we lobbied for funding to have the pool completely redeveloped in the longer term.
“There’s a lot of work to be done, but the opening of tenders early next month means that, very shortly, work will get underway in restoring a swimming pool for the Glenorchy and wider community.
“Importantly, an elector poll held last year endorsed Council’s strategy. More than 89 per cent of respondents agreed with Council’s allocation of government funding to repair and reopen the pool.
“Furthermore, more than 93 per cent of respondents supported Council’s approach to retain the pool and redevelop it with future government funding.
“This facility is extremely important to our community, and we saw that the impact the sudden closure had on people when it simply became too unsafe to remain open to the public.
“The passion of the pool supporters was, I believe, pivotal in our considerations of the pool’s future. We are now getting on with the job of getting it reopened and working on the longer-term goal of getting funding to have it completely redeveloped so it can serve our community for another four decades, just like the current facility has done,” she said.
Tenders close at 4pm on 5 March. Tender documents must be downloaded from the Glenorchy City Council electronic tendering portal website https://portal.tenderlink.com/gcc