Hopes for Alderney community pool in 2021

Campaigners for Alderney’s first ever indoor swimming pool want to see the project completed by 2021.

There are plans for the pool to replace the current outdoor facility at St Anne’s School.

However construction was delayed two years ago when the project ran out of money.

£600,000 has already been spent on construction.

However the 25 metre swimming pool still needs to be built as well as the heating and filtration systems which trustees say will cost around £300,000.

In 2014 the outdoor learner pool was demolished to make way for the indoor facility and now children have to learn to swim in the sea.

At recent meeting States Member Louis Jean called for the building tobe converted into a sports centre and for a learner pool to be reconstructed outside for school children.

However, Chairman of the Trustees, Kerry Wedd, said he was hopeful thesituation would soon be resolved, which would mean they could go aheadand seek funding to complete the project.

Deputy Matt Fallaize, President of the Education Committee says pupils having only the sea to learn in is not satisfactory and that his committee was open to any proposals from Alderney to work together to complete the pool for pupils and the community.

He said he was happy to champion the project though the money requiredwas greater than what the committee could provide.