A Glasgow swimming pool building, which contains high risk safety levels of crumbling concrete, has no reopening date yet.
Whitehill Pool in Dennistoun closed in December last year after reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was discovered.
The material is much weaker than traditional concrete and is prone to structural failure.
Bailie Anthony Carroll asked when repair works would take place on the property at a full council meeting yesterday.
The Scottish Greens councillor said the pool is “a local priority that needs to be solved as we approach the first year anniversary of its closure” and called for the Scottish Government to be approached over capital investment.
In response to his queries about work to address the issues, Bailie Annette Christie said: “A consultant report received recently have confirmed that in the Whitehill Pool venue the presence of RAAC is in a red category that is high risk due to its condition and the imposed loading on the panels.
“Several feasibility options are being developed which could possibly deal with these risks and Glasgow Life is in the process of assessing the proposals to identify the potential time scales and capital budget needed to support each option.”
The meeting heard clubs and activities had been relocated to Springburn.
Responding to councillor Carroll’s calls for the pool’s problems to be rectified, Councillor Christie, convenor for culture, sport and international relations, added: “It is a high risk situation in the building at the moment so obviously we are not going to rush anything. There is a process that has to be followed through the council. There was investment in the budget in 2021 to 2022 – that money is still holding and waiting. The work required for RAAC is in addition to any capital programming works ongoing at the moment.”
She said she has many conversations with government in her role as convenor.
She encouraged Councillor Carroll to discuss funding for the pool in the next council budget setting process.
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