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Amarillo council orders Southeast, Southwest pools closed pending engineering study
Summary
After weeks of debate, Amarillo City Council voted to close Southwest Pool permanently and keep Southeast Pool closed for the season while Parks and Recreation conducts an engineering evaluation and explores replacement or repair options, citing safety concerns and high repair estimates.
Amarillo — The City Council voted unanimously to close Southwest Pool and keep Southeast Pool closed for the upcoming season while the Parks and Recreation Board conducts an engineering study to determine whether the facilities can be safely repaired or should be replaced.
The council meeting followed weeks of public comment and staff briefings that flagged structural voids, decades-old mechanical equipment and rising repair estimates. Parks staff described Southeast Pool (built 1965) and Southwest Pool (built 1974) as reaching or exceeding their useful life, saying basic replastering and mechanical work could run in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars but that larger structural and amenity upgrades could cost millions. "When you start to see the pumping systems failing, the…
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