{"id":45947,"date":"2024-06-05T06:03:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T04:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/frustration-grows-as-observatory-swimming-pool-remains-closed-for-7-years-despite-renovations-20240605\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:33:02","slug":"frustration-grows-as-observatory-swimming-pool-remains-closed-for-7-years-despite-renovations-20240605","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/frustration-grows-as-observatory-swimming-pool-remains-closed-for-7-years-despite-renovations-20240605\/","title":{"rendered":"Frustration grows as Observatory swimming pool remains closed for 7 years despite renovations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Observatory residents are demanding answers from the City of Cape Town about the local swimming pool, which has been closed for renovations for over five years with no reopening date in sight. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Residents express frustration over the lack of specific feedback and prolonged closure. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>City officials acknowledge ongoing major repairs but cannot provide a definitive reopening date.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Observatory residents are demanding answers from the City of Cape Town regarding the local swimming pool, which was temporarily closed for renovations, and still hasn\u2019t reopened more than five years later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A quick google search of the facility based in Willow Road leads to a \u201ctemporarily closed\u201d red sign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But resident Janet Cronje and many others want to know how long is temporarily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cronje told <span><em>People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span> that the much-loved facility was frequented not only by residents in the area but by people from outside the community as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ddd03394\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cIt is a disgrace that we have not had a pool for almost seven years now. If we ask for feedback we don\u2019t get anything specific. There are no dates. There is some minor work that has been started but it doesn\u2019t seem to be going anywhere.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She said feedback from the City has not been forthcoming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we spoke to a City official six months ago, we were told that we cannot expect the pool to open within two years because the renovations are so major. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe pool has now been closed for seven years if they say it won\u2019t be done within two years. That means the pool would be closed for 10 years.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cronje said the facility was an asset in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was also apparently used by an old age home. It was one of the few pools that had lift function to accommodate someone in a wheelchair. The lift would move the wheelchair into the water. It was being used for therapy purposes. There was a wide range of people who used the pool.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said her children often went swimming there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-the-dark\">In the dark<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy children grew up going to the pool regularly over weekends. Even before the pool closed, we as the community were trying to see if we can engage with the city to extend the operating hours especially in summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen it was operating, they used to sell the last ticket to enter the pool at 16:15 and by 16:45 everyone had to be out of the pool. Everyone had to be out by 17:00. Residents wanted to be able to use the pool after 17:00. We didn\u2019t have a positive response from the city regarding that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resident Edwin Angless lives about 100 m from the pool and said he can see construction work taking place, but like everyone else he is in the dark with the plans for the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe pool was well used. People are always asking when it will reopen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie London, Observatory Civic Association chair, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f950e433\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cWhat we were told is that there needed to be some repairs and then there was no sign of the repairs. Then we were told the contractor has been awarded and there was some work, but it\u2019s still closed. We have asked, but we don\u2019t get any information.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>London said all they want is clear answers from the city regarding the future of the pool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is not clear to us why a community resource is not being properly serviced. I am sometimes stopped and asked where the Observatory Swimming Pool is, so people are obviously coming to use it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia van der Ross, Mayco member for community service and health, said structural repairs to the basin and plant room need to be completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe facility has been prioritised as a major repair type and approximately R2,4 million has been allocated for the 2023-\u201924 financial year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-phased-approach\">Phased approach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that repairs are being conducted in a phased approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"InfoBlock\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_9514bcc4\">\n<div class=\"heading\">According to Van der Ross phase one of the structural repair work is currently underway and includes:<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrades to the pool basin<\/li>\n<li>Pipework<\/li>\n<li>Deck work<\/li>\n<li>Plant room 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