2023-08-30 14:06:08
Regarding the article “Closure reveals lack of pools” from August 23, 2023: As a trained Austrian, one tends to react to the closure of the Paracelsus indoor pool with three levels of excitement: “Oh ha – uiuiui – da hamma den Schaß.”
Why is the construction of sports facilities in the city of Salzburg so hanging on the ropes due to a lack of knowledge and assessment, planning and construction deficiencies and strict cost minimization at the beginning, which is later supplemented with more expensive improvements?
Since the Paracelsusbad was closed, there is only one three-meter board in the city in the “Lepi”, which, together with the diving tower, is open for 30 minutes in the followingnoon with luck. That doesn’t make young people happy.
But the bad baths hit the whole state. Since the pool in St. Gilgen was closed, the largest school district in the country no longer has an indoor pool. In some regions, winter tourism has to be taken into account and bathing times have to be avoided in the high season. Or there is a division: one week the elementary schools, then the middle schools and the next the high schools. Regular lessons in a three-week rhythm look different, usually two to three times “bathing” takes place in the semester. In addition, there are high travel costs. Even if the respective pool staff shows understanding and commitment: Unfortunately, the water surface does not get bigger.
Admittedly, it is very unlikely that an indoor swimming pool will be able to cover its costs, or only with great difficulty – high energy costs and earlier renovations than with a sports hall due to the humidity.
But I am of the firm opinion and I never tire of pointing out that Salzburg’s population – and above all the young people – deserve to be active in the water, learn to swim and the to be able to fulfill the tasks provided for in the Austrian curriculum.
Fritz Gruber, 5020 Salzburg
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