Latest update April 17th, 2025 9:50 AM
Ministry of Sport officials satisfied with progress of warm up pool
Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport officials including Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Steve Ninvalle, along with Director of Sport Neil Kumar told the media yesterday at the National Aquatic centre, Liliendaal, that he is satisfied with the progress of the warm up pool.
The foundation of the warm up pool.
Ninvalle stated that the foundation is finished and they are waiting on the engineers from Myrtha Pool to complete the facility. “We have already informed Myrtha Pool about the latest development, so they will notify us when they will commence work which includes the erection of the pre-fabricated walls and plumbing which will lead to its completion”, he added.
Ninvalle said that the existing pool didn’t had any leakage and for us to get to international standard we must have a warm up pool and that they want to give the people a good product.
Director of Sport Neil Kumar lauded Kaieteur Sport for recent stories published on the pool. He indicated that the curing time of 28 days expired on Friday last and they are hoping that the pool will be completed shortly.
Deoraj Dalchand of Innovative Engineering Consultancy Services said that the materials for the completion of the warm up facility are here. He stated that the backfilling of the deck can only be done after the walls are up and both sides have to be done simultaneously.
When asked why the March month end deadline wasn’t met, Dalchand informed that they had to do some extra work to ensure that the current pool and the building weren’t affected. “Due the proximity to the other pool, we had to undertake extra work to protect the existing pool and building and we were somewhat affected by the weather”, he said.
The officials also questioned recent figures appearing in the media in relation to the cost of the pool. The officials noted that it was misleading for persons to state and give the impression that the pool alone costs in the region of $600M. They informed that the entire facility and not just the pool was nearing that cost. Kumar, supported by Ninvalle stated that the ministry has an open door policy and would give any information to the media once contacted.
It was also pointed out that the main pool was never compromised and did not leak as was stated in the media.
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