The Versailles swimming pool reopened on Monday, after having been closed last week like around thirty other swimming pools managed by the company Vert Marine, which invoked the increase in the cost of energy, the mayor of the city announced to AFP. commune, François de Mazières.
“
I went to the opening this morning, we are very happy to have been able to find an answer very quickly
”, declared the city councilor, satisfied to have found a solution.
It is the town hall, whose contracts with energy suppliers are more advantageous than those entered into by Vert Marine, which will directly buy the gas and electricity before reselling them at the same price to Vert Marine.
"
This allows us to help them cope with the increase in energy bills of recent weeks
," explained the mayor.
In Paris, the town hall confirmed on Monday that it had had the commitment of Vert Marine to reopen the swimming pool and the fitness room of the Pailleron space (19th arrondissement) on Tuesday.
The company had just obtained the public service delegation management of this sports complex which was to reopen on Thursday 8 September.
Only the ice rink remains closed for the moment because "
the restart is long
for this equipment, said sports assistant Pierre Rabadan.
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This commitment was made without renegotiation of contract or tariff, the town hall evoking "
a choice of management (of Vert Marine, editor's note) given the importance of the equipment
".
These establishments are part of the 10% of swimming pools out of 4,000 in France which are not managed directly by the communities but by a public service delegate.
In Limoges, the metropolis has given Vert Marine until Friday September 16 to reopen the Aquapolis swimming pool, failing which the establishment will be placed in sequestration on Monday September 19 and will reopen under the authority of the community, which would then take over its management. functional mastery.
In Saint-Geours-de-Maremne (Landes), the Aygueblue aquatic center, whose closure had been announced jointly by Vert Marine and the municipality, has no reopening date planned for the moment, the operator and the municipality speaking with one voice for the time being on the additional cost of energy and the impossibility of paying the bill.
Finally, in Bellegarde (Ain), an employee of the Vlase'O center told AFP that the reopening was scheduled for Friday, information that the town hall, which could not be reached on Monday, could not confirm.
Often heated by gas, swimming pools are very energy-intensive equipment and bear the full brunt of rising prices.