Chas become the priority project in terms of sports equipment. And more urgent to carry out than the rehabilitation of the Jean-Langet swimming pool. A stone’s throw from the city center, the renovation of the Denfert-Rochereau gymnasium is at the top of the pile of files to be processed. Insulation,…
Chas become the priority project in terms of sports equipment. And more urgent to carry out than the rehabilitation of the Jean-Langet swimming pool. A stone’s throw from the city center, the renovation of the Denfert-Rochereau gymnasium is at the top of the pile of files to be processed. Insulation, waterproofing, humidity: problems are piling up for the rue Noire site.
Rochefort Agglo: a swimming pool completely renovated for 2029
After 55 years of existence, the swimming pool will undergo a major rehabilitation operation. After two years of studies, the work will be spread over nearly three years. One of the objectives is to achieve as little energy consumption as possible.
Opposition municipal councilor Christophe Escuriol did not hold back from reminding elected officials on the evening of Wednesday June 19. He was also the only one to vote against a modifying decision retouching the initial budget on the grounds of “the postponement of work at the Denfert-Rochereau gymnasium. This has been the priority for four years.”
“Time shift”
A new discrepancy for this dilapidated sports equipment which adds to the lack of infrastructure for the half-dozen sports concerned (1), not counting leisure or health sports.
The fact remains that if Mayor Hervé Blanché tried hard to reassure him by certifying that “the renovation-rehabilitation of the gymnasium was on the books”, he also argued “a time lag” following a modification regulations imposed by the State.
Whereas previously, the technical services had to carry out an “evaluation of a project to launch the financing request”, it is now necessary to deliver “costings and quotes”, explains the mayor, adding that above a threshold financial, it is appropriate to launch a call for tenders while paying a thermal study. A new procedure to follow for the City to obtain subsidies while the project is estimated at this stage to cost nearly 900,000 euros.
Data that the mayor and his deputy in charge of sports Jean-Marie Le Bras explained to the president of SAR volleyball, one of the user clubs along with roller hockey or badminton, not counting the students of Pierre-Loti college .
As soon as possible, Hervé Blanché says he hopes that the work “will begin in 2025”.
(1) handball, basketball, volleyball, archery, roller hockey, roller skating and badminton.
