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The roof, technology and surfaces in the Jordan Badepark have to be renewed

2021-10-26T12:44:12.524Z


Kaufbeuren - No money planned in the budget, but still tackling urgently needed work for the indoor swimming pool, that is the dilemma that the city council faces at the upcoming budget deliberations in spring. Because it is important to ensure hygiene and safety in the bathroom.


Kaufbeuren - No money planned in the budget, but still tackling urgently needed work for the indoor swimming pool, that is the dilemma that the city council faces at the upcoming budget deliberations in spring.

Because it is important to ensure hygiene and safety in the bathroom.

For more than 40 years, the Jordan Badepark on Berliner Platz has offered the citizens of Kaufbeur fun and relaxation, as well as opportunities for fitness, swimming lessons and school swimming. The pool was repeatedly upgraded and expanded, most recently in 2009 with a water slide. A planned sauna area was postponed for cost reasons. The bathroom is now showing its age, and the furnishings and technology require extensive renovation.


So it was only good that the Kaufbeur city administration reacted quickly to a special funding program for swimming pool renovation launched by the Free State of Bavaria in 2019.

At the beginning of 2020, the city then received the approval notification for a little more than one million euros, with a rough cost estimate of 3.7 million euros at the time.

In the event of a necessary suspension of bathing operations during the renovation measures, further consideration was given to realizing a larger, more rounded work package.

However, since this results in a significantly higher cost estimate, the individual work was divided into urgently needed priorities, as well as further work.



Highest priority

As the building construction department head of the city of Kaufbeuren, Christian Mandl, explained to the members of the building committee, "the water treatment systems urgently need a renewal, since the requirements of the health department cannot be guaranteed in the long term with the current state of the art". With the previous filters, you would need twice the space, which the current spatial planning does not allow. With new filter processes, according to the planning office in charge, the requirements could be met with up to twelve times more filter area at the same location. In the event of a change, the installation areas would also have to be repaired. Furthermore, the fire protection doors must be replaced in order to comply with the current fire protection concept. "The roof can no longer be patched in its current form," warned Mandl,In addition, a renewal of the slide roof is necessary. When the wall and floor surfaces were checked, tiles were detached, which could also arise again after replacement at another location. The administration therefore recommends the manufacture of certain parts in stainless steel. In addition, the ventilation system must be adapted to the recognized hygiene standards and the monitoring area for the personnel must be adapted to the applicable workplace guidelines.In addition, the ventilation system must be adapted to the recognized hygiene standards and the monitoring area for the personnel must be adapted to the applicable workplace guidelines.In addition, the ventilation system must be adapted to the recognized hygiene standards and the monitoring area for the personnel must be adapted to the applicable workplace guidelines.


Priority two

In the area of ​​the sanitary and changing areas, a contemporary visual upgrade is urgently needed as a modernization measure, both in the hall area and in parts of the outdoor pool.



No money planned

According to rough estimates, this results in around 7.7 million euros for the work with priority one, around 1.9 million euros in priority two. Kaufbeuren's mayor, Stefan Bosse, said: “There is currently no money planned in the budget!” Ernst Schönhaar (CSU) was surprised by the extent of the costs, but emphasized that the safety of bathers had to be guaranteed. Catrin Riedl (SPD) confirmed: "Although the bathroom is getting on in years, it is heavily used". Ulrike Seifert (Greens) suggested: "What is necessary to do with priority". In summary, the committee members agreed on the administration's proposal to advance the draft planning. In the coming budget negotiations, the financial feasibility should then be checked in order to allow construction to start next year,with completion in 2023.

Wolfgang G. Krusche

Source: merkur

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