Construction Continues on Long-Delayed Vestal Swimming Pool

Vestal residents should be able to cool off this summer in a new public swimming pool.

The old facility on Clayton Avenue was closed in 2019. The site didn't open the following year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

FLASHBACK: The old Vestal Memorial Pool sat empty on May 31, 2023. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The pool - which had been in use since 1965 - continued to deteriorate and never reopened.

The old structure was removed and construction started on a smaller replacement pool last August.

A construction vehicle sat idle at the old Vestal Memorial Pool in May 2023. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The new pool will be 80 feet long and 40 feet wide. The complex will include a splash park, a shaded seating area and a pool house.

When details of the $3.7 million project were announced last summer, town officials said they expected it would be completed in May.

A pool house will have changing rooms, showers and offices for lifeguards. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

Construction workers have been busy at the site north of the Clayton Avenue Elementary School in recent weeks.

Vestal town supervisor Maria Sexton could not be reached to discuss the status of the project or when the pool is expected to open.

VIDEO: A brief stroll around the Vestal swimming pool construction site.

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