City begins renovations at Strathcona Centre

The pool and change rooms will remain open to the public, along with the fitness centre and senior’s activity space, while work is underway outside.

The city announced the planned renovations in May. It is the first major renovation to the building since it opened in 1979.

The Strathcona Centre will be closed starting September 2 to allow work to be finished inside, and it will reopen December 2.

Woodside says the closure will allow construction crews to finish the work quicker.

“We’re going to have some mechanical that we’re going to need to be doing and also replacement of the fire alarm,” he said. “We can’t really be working around people who are using the gym or any of the other programs, so the city made the decision to temporarily close the centre.”

During the closure, several programs that run out of the Strathcona Centre will shift to other city run buildings, according to Deidre Giesbrecht, volunteer programs coordinator with the city. She says all of the fitness classes will be running out of the Veiner Centre, pickleball will run out of the Family Leisure Centre and table tennis and bocce will be played at the Esplanade.

by Charles Lefebvre

City begins renovations at Strathcona Centre

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