Lake Park Pool in disrepair; will not be open this summer

LAKE PARK, Iowa (KUOO) - A popular summertime attraction in Lake Park, Iowa will not open this season.

Lake Park Mayor Matt Carstensen tells KTIV’s news partner, KUOO Radio, that they were planning to put a new liner in the outdoor pool at the city park, but upon preparing to do that, they found some major issues.

“Our city crew started tearing the old liner off, and once we got the old liner torn off, we discovered that the walls on the pool are, there are some areas that are really bad,” said Carstensen. “They’re disintegrating and falling apart. So, we now know at this point that any repairs we do will, the time period will not allow us to open up this year. There’s too many repairs that need to be done and we can’t get crews in here quick enough to make those repairs and get open for the summer.”

Carstensen says they hope to have some cost estimates after a consultant looks at the pool.

“They’re going to come up and do some initial surveys and maybe even do some concrete testing to see what type of integrity is left in the structure that’s still standing, we’ll just have to move forward from here,” said Carstensen.

Depending on those findings, Carstensen says the city council may have some difficult decisions to make down the road.

“I believe that Lake Park wants some type of pool or some type of water attraction. We just have to take a step back and take some time to see how we get there.” said Carstensen.

The current pool in Lake Park is some 53-years-old.

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