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Hutt City pools set new record with over 1 million visits

Hutt City pools set new record with over 1 million visits

Lower Hutt’s six swimming pools have set a new record in popularity over 12 months, with 1,007,332 visits from July 2015 to June 2016.

The one million plus breakthrough follows a previous record set last year of just under one million visits to the city’s six pools. The biggest increases were at the Huia and Naenae pools, with a jump of 12.5 per cent at Huia Pool alone.

Divisional Manager Marcus Sherwood says, “All the pool staff and I are excited to have reached this huge milestone. We saw big visitor increases across all areas, but particularly in our programmes. This shows just how important the addition of the new pools at Huia will be to meet demand from the community.”

Work on the expansion of Huia Pool began in May and is due to be completed by July 2017 The facility will contain two new pools, one for Learn to Swim and another for programmes, including hydrotherapy. Recently 630,000 litres of concrete were poured to form the foundation layer, and the building’s framework is already taking shape.

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