Port Coquitlam residents can learn more about the replacement of the downtown recreation complex — and Terry Fox Library — at an open house later this month.
City staff and representatives from Ventana Construction, which is designing and building the new 205,000-sq. ft. centre over the next four years, will be on hand to talk about the project on Feb. 27 from 2 to 7:30 p.m. at Wilson Centre (2150 Wilson Ave.).
As well, the city will host a coffee chat on Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon to discuss plans for the Wilson Centre seniors' programming that will happen in the new complex.
The $132-million rec centre will include an indoor pool (to be open in 2019), a third sheet of ice, fitness centre, Terry Fox Library, childcare facilities and an outdoor plaza.
The current ice rinks and facilities will stay open during the rebuild until they are replaced. "As with any construction project, there will be some inconveniences," Mayor Greg Moore said in a press release, "but we’ll do what we can to reduce the impact."
Part of the Wilson Centre will be demolished first, in mid-March, and by June construction will start on the first ice sheet. The second ice rink and library will get underway in August followed by the pool, fitness centre and games room in the fall.
It's expected the first ice sheet will be ready by January 2019; the entire project is due to wrap up in the summer of 2021.
• To stay up to date about the Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex rebuild, sign up for electronic notifications via portcoquitlam.ca/reccomplex or follow the progress on Twitter using the hashtag #pocoreccomplex. Call 604-927-7529 for program information or 604-927-5420 for project details, or email reccomplex@portcoquitlam.ca.
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