The University of Victoria will see what it would cost to repair McKinnon Pool, but it’s too early to say whether it could reopen for a year or two — or even at all, says president Kevin Hall.
The University of Victoria’s McKinnon Pool will undergo an independent engineering assessment to determine whether it can remain open in the short term.
An outpouring from the community prompted UVic to take another look, Hall said. “It’s been a good process for us at the university. We’ve had a lot of community input both from on our campus and off campus and that has given us the understanding that people care about the pool.”“There’s too many structural issues with the building itself, but if we can keep it as a bridge to a new regional project, that would be terrific.
And it wouldn’t just be a university facility, Hall said. “We tried 10 years ago to raise money for a new pool and that didn’t work.” Hall said the space next to the CARSA facility that was originally designed for a pool — and is now a parking lot — would fit a 50-metre competition pool but nothing else. “There is a vision, I think, that the region wants that’s much bigger.”
Times Colonist publisher and editor Dave Obee has also reached out to the university to lead a fundraising effort to keep the pool open.“It’s a big win for our Save McKinnon Pool group,” Kelly said. “We wanted to see a delay in the closure. I was also really happy to hear they are engaging with an independent engineering firm so we can get a real costing of what we’re looking at to keep it open.
The company has already agreed to send a representative to Victoria to cost the project at the site, Kelly said.“Students don’t want to jump on a bus or walk downtown,” he said. “They want to finish class or in between classes have an opportunity to take care of their mental and physical wellness.”
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