Sports office eyes reopening of swimming pool to public soon

9 December 2022 – The City Sports Division of the City Administrator’s Office aims to reopen the Baguio Swimming Pool Complex to the public as soon as possible.

Division Chief Gaudencio Gonzales said they will recommend to Mayor Benjamin Magalong to reopen the pool in January in response to the clamor of the different swimming clubs and other groups and individuals.

City Administrator Bonifacio Dela Peña earlier approved the opening of the pool on a test run starting Dec. 2 exclusively for the training of the city’s athletes who will compete in the Batang Pinoy National Championships slated on Dec. 17-22, 2022 in Vigan City.

Gonzales said that so far the test run has been successful with the heat pump, circulating and filter machines running well.

The pool has been closed since March, 2019 to give way for its rehabilitation and later because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Gonzales said that the 50-meter pool has been upgraded in terms of size which now passes the international or Olympic standards.

The improvement work also covered the repair and rehabilitation of the building, replacement of roof to extend to the bleachers area, enclosure of the structure and repainting of the structural frames; construction of new shower and locker rooms; and retiling of the floor.

The rehabilitation project will however continue particularly the upgrading of the 25-meter pool and the construction of the fence between the pools and the bleachers which the project contract has yet to undertake, according to Gonzales. – Aileen P. Refuerzo