Image: City of Chilliwack/YMCA BC via Instagram / YMCA BC, the operator of two city-owned rec centres, says it has added a number of upgrades to the aquatics centre at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre. The aquatic facility had been closed from Monday, August 21 through Friday, September 8 for what the YMCA BC said would be scheduled maintenance and cleaning. Among many things, there is a new epoxy flooring coating surface in the men's change room, along with new cedar benches in the sauna. New LED lighting has been installed in various areas of the aquatics centre. 

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre

Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre aquatics centre undergoes several upgrades

Sep 12, 2023 | 9:51 AM

CHILLIWACK — YMCA BC, the operator of two city-owned rec centres, says it has implemented a number of upgrades to the aquatics centre at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre.

The aquatic facility at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre, one of two city-owned recreation centres in town, had been closed from Monday, August 21 through Friday, September 8 for what the YMCA BC said would be scheduled maintenance and cleaning.

According to a Facebook post dated Friday, September 8 at 3:35 p.m., YMCA says the aquatics centre received a number of upgrades, including conditioning the pool deck with anti-slip and restorer to clean and protect the pool deck and pool users. Repairs and grouting were applied to the pool deck and wave pool basin tiles that were either cracked or broken. Crews cut out old grout line expansion joints in the wave pool and installed new silicone.

As for lighting, the YMCA says new LED ceiling lights have been installed in all aquatics centre changing rooms, and new LED lighting has been upgraded in hallways.

In the men’s room, a new epoxy flooring coating surface has been applied; other rooms will have this coating done at some point in the future.

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A new accessible change room has been built and will have top of the line equipment, including a lift and bed. A new lift will be installed in the old accessible room.

New cedar benches have been added in the sauna.

Image: Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre via Facebook / New cedar benches in the sauna at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre aquatics centre.

Last but not least, a new furnace has been installed as well. Once it is finished, it will have a new heat reclamation system running.