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An artist’s rendering shows the design of a new $26 million recreation facility which will be built in Aldergrove. The project, which was announced Wednesday evening, will include a new ice rink, a 25-metre outdoor pool and a waterpark.
New Aldergrove rec centre unveiled YEAR-ROUND SWIMMING POOL , WATER PARK AN D AREN A PART OF $26 MILLION DESIGN KURT LANGMANN Black Press
Township of Langley residents will have a new recreation centre in Aldergrove, beginning in May of 2018. The centre will feature a two-level, 550-seat arena and events space, a fitness centre, walking surface, multi-purpose rooms, and an outdoor aquatic facility featuring a sixlane 25 metre pool, waterslides, a tidal pool, current channel (lazy river), children’s aqua structure, picnic areas, and a large playground. Plans for the Aldergrove Recreation Centre were announced Wednesday, by Mayor Jack Froese and members of Township council at the Aldergrove Kinsmen Community Centre.
The new recreation complex and aquatic facility has been approved for construction on the former Aldergrove Elementary School site at 27032 Fraser Hwy. If all goes well, the pool and water park will open in May of 2018, followed a few months later by the arena. The budget for construction is $25.789 million, less than half the estimated $55 million price of the previous approved design. Most of the money, $24.589 million will come from already-approved land sales, mostly surplus Township properties in East Langley. At a press briefing on Tuesday morning at the Township civic fa-
cility, Froese and Township general manager Jason Winslade said work on building the scaled-down design will begin right away. “We are looking to fund this with Township funds, not tax dollars,” Froese said. Winslade said the reduced cost means the Township will not have to seek approval for any more potentially-controversial sales of surplus land to raise the necessary money. Money was saved by going with an outdoor pool instead of an indoor pool and demolishing the school rather than upgrading it to modern standards. Continued Page 3
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Township mayor Jack Froese and general manager Jason Winslade unveil the plans for the new Aldergrove Recreation Centre. Joy
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