“We’re not necessarily proud to close this swimming pool, but that’s the reason that won out over our hearts “. Thus concluded the city council this Monday evening in Carpiquet with the words of the mayor Pascal Sérard. The cost of the swimming pool had become too heavy for the community – 600,000 euros per year. Only one point was on the municipal council’s agenda: that of the renewal or not of the public service delegation for the operation of the Siréna swimming pool. After two hours of bitter discussions, the elected officials voted. Nineteen were in favor of not renewing the DSP, four against. The closure of the swimming pool on December 31, 2021 has therefore been officially recorded.
Why not turn it into a balneotherapy center?
“Now, discussions can begin to study the future of this site “, explains Pascal Sérard. Out of the question for him that it becomes a wasteland. The mayor wants this swimming pool to be dedicated to the inhabitants. “This is equipment that belongs to the municipality, it would be quite normal“. Why not focus the aquatic center on baneotherapy ? “It’s Unot a very popular activity“.
A public meeting is taking place this Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at the concert hall “to explain the decision of the elected officials to the inhabitants and consider the follow-upThe aquatic center employs 25 people, whose future looks uncertain.