• The “swimming pool plan” launched four years ago by the Toulouse town hall is entering a new phase this winter.

  • From February, the Toulouse-Lautrec and Pech-David swimming pools will be closed for more than a year of work.

  • During the winter of 2022, the summer basin of Chapou will be transformed into a northern basin, accessible all year round.

Many fans of breaststroke and backstroke take a dip between noon and two in one of Toulouse's swimming pools, or at the end of the day. Each year, the Toulouse basins register more than a million admissions, an increase in attendance by sports clubs and schools.

Faced with an aging of its pools, the town hall of Toulouse decided four years ago to launch a vast "swimming pool plan" of 30 million euros, intended to rehabilitate some of them.

But also to transform outdoor pools into a Nordic version to make them accessible throughout the year.

“We decided to develop them before the Covid-19 crisis and this allowed us to continue to welcome swimmers during this period.

They are widely used since 22,000 slots were reserved in 86 days, ”assures Laurence Arribagé, Sports Assistant in Toulouse.

Closures in February

After the completion of the Bellevue, Léo-Lagrange and Alban-Minville sites, a new phase will be launched during this winter. The swimmers from Toulouse-Lautrec and Pech-David will have to make their arrangements because from next February, their favorite water lines will close. For the swimming pool in the Minimes district, "we are going to create a Nordic sports pool with four lanes, as well as a learning and relaxation pool", indicates the mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc. The indoor pool, whose dome-shaped roof can be opened in summer will also be rehabilitated. Work that will start next February for a period of 19 months.

It is at the same time that those of the Pech-David swimming pool will also begin.

This time it will be a question of equipping it with a heat recovery device to reduce its environmental impact.

It should reopen in the spring of 2023. During the winter of 2022, work to transform the summer basin of the Chapou swimming pool into a northern basin should start.

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