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BOTH the Gosnells Leisure World and Armadale pools will be closed this winter, leaving pool users and swimming groups to find alternative facilities far from home.
The City of Gosnells will give a major facelift to the pools at Leisure World this winter to improve safety and add new features.
It will force the closure of the pool and swim school members and user groups are being notified.
The sauna, spa and steam room, along with gym and group fitness classes and crèche will operate as normal.
Aquatic fountains will be installed in the leisure pool, the shorter water slide will be removed to create a safer entry pool and a wall will be erected to dam off the entry pool.
The height of the existing wall around the entry pool will be increased so the slide exit point will be under the water levels. The depth of the entry pool will be increased to one metre and existing flooring in the main pool and adjacent leisure pool will be replaced with non-slip tiles.
The winter upgrades will affect 14,000 visitors as there are no alternative pool facilities in the Gosnells area.
Mayor Olwen Searle said while swimmers would be temporarily inconvenienced, they would end up with a better, safer pool. “By spring, we will have a much better facility for the public to use,” she said.
“Leisure World offers far more than a pool, with something for everyone, including gym and aerobics programs.”
The Armadale pool is closed for its winter recess, as it is not heated.
Leisure World pools will close from July 4 through to September and updates will be posted on the City of Gosnells website.
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