A ‘cruel’ Facebook post advertising the now-closed Glenorchy Pool has triggered the ‘please explain’ alarm bells among members of the local community.
The post that went up on the pool’s official page on Monday morning proudly announced that ‘summer is here’ and invited people to visit the pool to check out ‘all the things to do’.
“A great and affordable way to keep everyone entertained these upcoming holidays! What are you waiting for? Visit today,” the post, which has since been deleted, read.
But locals weren’t as excited and slammed the post as an ‘insensitive insult’, given the fact that they were locked out of the 1960s-built pool after safety issues were uncovered earlier in the year.
The issues included leaks in the pool shell, structural problems with the grandstand, an outdated electrical switchboard and the need for complete refurbishments in the chemical dosing and changing room areas.
“What sort of insult is this? Once again GCC demonstrating that they actually don’t give a stuff about their ratepayers and will continue to rub salt into the wounds,” one person wrote.
Another said: “I’d love to go for a swim at Glenorchy Pool – perhaps the council could fix it and open it so we can use it this summer??”
In a statement to Pulse, the Glenorchy City Council clarified that the page was not managed by them but by the pool’s previous operators, Belgravia Leisure.
“The Glenorchy City Council does not own, maintain or administer the Facebook page and therefore is unable to comment on why a post relating to the pool has occurred,” a spokesperson said.
“Council was of the understanding the page was going to be deactivated and has followed up with Belgravia as the page administrator to confirm this has occurred.”
Pulse understands that the post was mistakenly published and was among a batch of several dozen posts bulk-uploaded to venue pages managed by Belgravia across Australia.
The page has now been archived to avoid a similar incident in the future.
While the pool won’t open this summer, there is a glimmer of hope for the future of the complex.
The council recently revealed that a tender process to explore solutions for the redevelopment of the pool or other options for the site received “multiple high-quality” responses which are currently in the process of being finalised.
An announcement on the tender recipient is expected to be made in the coming weeks.
