Dovercourt Bay Life to stay closed till subsequent week

A leisure centre in Dovercourt will stay closed till subsequent week to permit time for water testing to happen.

Dovercourt Bay Life was compelled to shut on Sunday after a leak in exterior pipework meant the water provide needed to be shut off.

Tendring District Council (TDC) engineers have labored to restore the fault on the council-run facility and have right this moment (Wednesday, 12 April) been capable of restore the water provide.

Water samples have now been drawn to be examined to make sure there isn’t any contamination on account of the leak. Because of the size of time wanted by the laboratory to conduct these exams, the centre will stay closed till subsequent week.

A precise re-opening date can be confirmed as soon as the outcomes have been obtained and buyer security might be ensured.

Lee Heley, TDC Company Director for Place and Economic system, apologised for the inconvenience brought about.

“We’re very sorry to our clients who’re at the moment unable to make use of Dovercourt Bay Life, and members can entry amenities at our two different leisure centres as a substitute,” Mr Heley stated.

“Our employees have labored tireless to determine and restore the water leak, which occurred on exterior pipework, and my thanks go to them for our efforts.

“Sadly we at the moment are within the arms of the lab testing the water samples, however we hope to have the ability to re-open as quickly as we obtain a transparent take a look at consequence.”

Employees from the amenity can be re-deployed to help the council’s two different leisure centres in Clacton and Walton-on-the-Naze, in addition to getting forward with coaching.

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