The insurance company for the contractor that built the Minoru Centre for Active Living, Stuart Olson, will cover the reconstruction costs of the cracked lap pool, according to the City of Richmond.
The aquatic and fitness facilities remain closed, while the new seniors centre, located in the same building, opened in March.
City spokesperson Clay Adams said the city hasn’t received the final report for analysis, but they expect to have a pool remediation plan in place “shortly.”
In February, the City of Richmond informed the public that the base had shifted in one of the pools and since then, the city has been trying to determine what went wrong and whose insurance company would pay for the repairs.
The facility has three components: the seniors centre, the aquatic centre and the fitness centre.
The city has said that the fitness centre can’t be opened because its entrance is linked to the aquatic facilities.
The Richmond News filed a freedom of information (FOI) request with the City of Richmond in February, asking for documents pertaining to the near-two-year delay in construction. However, the only information released to the News was virtually the same that was already public. This was after two delays.
The News has challenged the city’s response by asking the Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C. for a review. It may take two to three months for the review to take place.
