By Neil Doyle
BLOOMINGTON – Those who live on the west side of Bloomington may have noticed the demolition of O’Neil Pool.
The 46-year-old aquatics center will be getting a facelift, partially due to the ongoing pandemic. Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason said with pools not opening this season due to COVID, it was a unique opportunity to begin the project.
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“Typically you would have the entire project buttoned up where you would have the design, builder lined up. so it all flows, but we didn’t do it the typical way,” Gleason told WJBC’s Scott Miller. “We knew that it needed to be demoed, so we went ahead and started that.”
The design for the project is still being finalized and should be brought before the council very soon, said Gleason.
A completion date for the project is yet to be determined, but Gleason is hoping construction will start by next year.
Neil Doyle can be reached at neil.doyle@cumulus.com
