Tawasentha Pool opening

GUILDERLAND — The weather may already be very summery, but it will be a few more weeks before town residents can cool off in the pool at Tawasentha Park. Construction of the park’s new poolhouse is on track for the tentative opening date of June 18, said Linda Cure, public information officer with Guilderland’s Parks and Recreation Department.

The original poolhouse burned last year.

The opening is contingent on the poolhouse passing a Department of Health inspection scheduled for June 15, she added.

The poolhouse will have “family-friendly bathrooms,” Cure said, that comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act on accessibility.

Cure said that the town plans to purchase and install lockers, but that the lockers may not be in by opening day.

In one departure from the past, the concession stand will now be open on two sides, so that pool users and park users alike can access it.

The approved construction bid for work on the poolhouse was $777,800, Gregory J. Wier, Guilderland’s parks supervisor, told The Enterprise earlier.

Of that, the amount paid by insurance to date is $362,528.52, said Anna Russo, deputy town clerk. When construction is finalized, the town will receive additional insurance funds, Russo said.

Town Supervisor Peter Barber added that the construction currently being done is related to code compliance, and a lot of those costs are covered by insurance. He said, “So we don’t know just how much yet, and we don’t have an estimate, but we hope we’re going to make up a substantial part of the amount.”

“I think it’s going to be a very nice, modern building for the town,” said Cure.

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