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Glenmore Drive Reserve has been identified as a potential site of a Warkworth swimming pool.
The development of Glenmore Drive Reserve in Warkworth’s industrial area is up in the air after the land was identified as a possible site for a Warkworth swimming pool.Warkworth Area Business Association member Nicola Jones wants to see the 1.8-hectare green-space developed into an area for the community.
“I’ve got a long list of things we could be doing there.”
Options suggested include a bike park, outdoor gym and picnic space.
Ms Jones says the project has been put on the back burner due to uncertainty of the future of the reserve.
“I’m pro the pool and don’t want to stop it going ahead, I just don’t want to spend time working to develop the park if it will eventually be bulldozed for a pool. We just need to know.”
Rodney Local Board member Beth Houlbrooke says she hopes a site will be confirmed within the next year.
Five potential sites have been identified for the swimming pool, include Glenmore Drive Reserve. A feasibility study is underway to look at the sites in greater detail.
“When the report is released next month the public will have a better idea of the potential sites. It could be all five sites are still on the table, or it could just be three.”
The Board has also allocated funding to completing a business case for the pool within the next year. It will develop a basic design, cost and management structure for the pool and hopefully finalise a site.
“A swimming pool will be several years away and the Board is open to proposals for uses for Glenmore Drive Reserve.
“If there are other uses identified for the reserve then that would impact on whether it is considered as a potential site for a swimming pool.”
Council media spokesperson Joanna Glasswell says the land was gifted to Council when the area was being developed into a commercial area. It had been grazed up until 18 months ago, when Council completed landscaping, removed rubbish from the site and planted grass.
