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A bigger pool, a double gym and a 10,000 sq. ft. library branch. Those are the changes to the preliminary plans for Coquitlam’s new Northeast Community Centre (NECC) as revealed at Monday’s (July 31) council-in-committee meeting. The final program tweaks to the upcoming recreation centre come as a result of public feedback to suit the growing needs for current and future residents on Burke Mountain, Ted Uhrich, the city’s manager of parks and facility planning, told the committee. Instead of the initial four lanes envisioned for the new lap pool, there will now be six lanes plus a leisure pool with
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two lanes, a whirlpool, sauna and steam room. As well, there will be a double gym for sports, large fitness classes, special events and camps for youth, in addition to a third branch of the Coquitlam Public Library. Now, Uhrich said, a project management team will be hired to steer the construction of the $152-million venue that’s designed to be a social, learning and play hub next to the yet-unbuilt Burke Mountain Village — the commercial zone in the Partington Creek neighbourhood. This fall, the city will assemble a design team to start the concept design; the rec centre, see REVISED, page 4
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