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Thursday <strong>August</strong> 3 <strong>2023</strong> 3<br />
Graham Condon pools<br />
to close for maintenance<br />
THE POOLS at Graham<br />
Condon Recreation and Sport<br />
Centre are set to temporarily<br />
close from January for two<br />
significant maintenance projects.<br />
Work is scheduled to start<br />
behind the scenes at Graham<br />
Condon in September, and the<br />
pool hall will close from early<br />
January to approximately mid-<br />
April 2024.<br />
The gym and sports halls will<br />
remain open throughout this<br />
time.<br />
The city council’s<br />
head of recreation,<br />
sport and events<br />
Nigel Cox said the<br />
pellet boiler water<br />
heating system<br />
Nigel Cox<br />
will be replaced<br />
with electric heat<br />
pumps, and the<br />
water filtration system will also<br />
be replaced.<br />
“This work will improve energy<br />
efficiency and water quality,<br />
while ensuring that the heating<br />
and filtering systems continue<br />
to function optimally long-term.<br />
We’ll also perform general<br />
maintenance work, as part of our<br />
planned, regular maintenance<br />
schedule of our city-wide recreation<br />
centres,” said Cox.<br />
MAINTENANCE: The Graham Condon pool hall will close for<br />
about four months from early January. PHOTO: NEWSLINE<br />
“While the work won’t make<br />
the pool hall look significantly<br />
different, it is essential for maintaining<br />
the facility to a high<br />
standard and helping to prevent<br />
unscheduled shutdowns.”<br />
Several considerations were<br />
factored into the timing of the<br />
closure.<br />
“We have scheduled this work<br />
to happen over the summer,<br />
when our outdoor summer pools<br />
are open so they are available for<br />
• Customers with a pool or<br />
gym-and-pool membership<br />
or pool multi-visit pass can<br />
use any of the city councilowned<br />
pool facilities.<br />
• Members can also<br />
request to freeze their<br />
membership during the<br />
closure if they prefer.<br />
• Gym-and-pool members<br />
can downgrade to a gym<br />
only membership, provided<br />
they have been a member<br />
for over four weeks.<br />
• Swimsmart customers<br />
have the option of taking<br />
lessons at an alternative<br />
pool or freezing their<br />
Swimsmart membership.<br />
the community to use, in addition<br />
to the indoor pools at Jellie<br />
Park, Pioneer, Taiora QEII, and<br />
Te Pou Toetoe Linwood Pool.<br />
“This timing also means that<br />
some of our staff at Graham<br />
Condon can be redeployed to the<br />
outdoor pools, and our school<br />
groups are only affected for term<br />
one,” Cox said.<br />
“Our team has facilitated<br />
bookings for schools at alternative<br />
centres and kept all customers<br />
informed about what’s happening<br />
and the options available<br />
to them.”<br />
Contractors will begin initial<br />
preparation work in September,<br />
while the pools remain open.<br />
To provide access for contractors<br />
and construction offices, car<br />
parking will be reduced.<br />
“We’ll ensure customers have<br />
priority access to the car parks<br />
closest to the entrance,” Cox said.<br />
“We want to thank everyone<br />
affected by this disruption<br />
for your patience and<br />
understanding.”<br />
In Brief<br />
INTERSECTION SET TO<br />
CLOSE FOR TWO NIGHTS<br />
The Carmen Rd and Main South<br />
Rd intersection in Hornby will<br />
be closed from 8pm to 5am on<br />
Tuesday and Wednesday. Waka<br />
Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will<br />
undertake maintenance on the<br />
traffic lights at the intersection.<br />
The work is weather dependent<br />
and may be postponed at short<br />
notice. A detour will be set up via<br />
Parker St and Waterloo Rd or via<br />
Main South Rd and Racecourse<br />
Rd.<br />
MORE PEST TRAPS<br />
PLACED AT RESERVE<br />
Halswell Predator Free Group<br />
volunteers placed 20 more<br />
tunnel traps at the Quaifes Rd<br />
Springlands reserve to catch<br />
pests. To date 300 pests have been<br />
caught in 40 traps at the reserve,<br />
mainly mice, rats, weasels and<br />
hedgehogs. The removal of the<br />
pests will help increase native bird<br />
life in the area.<br />
HELP TO FIX HALSWELL<br />
COMMUNITY HUB<br />
The Halswell Community Project<br />
needs volunteers to help with<br />
maintenance at the Halswell<br />
Community Hub. It is currently<br />
putting together a package of<br />
improvements for the hub and is<br />
working with the city council and<br />
funders to resurface the car park,<br />
replace the roof, paint the exterior<br />
of the building and improve<br />
access to the noticeboard and<br />
sharing shacks.<br />
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MP for Ilam<br />
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