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Will build a short 8-lane pool
According to the draft decision unanimously adopted by the Kaunas Council on Tuesday, land is needed to build a swimming pool near Vaidoto Street. 11 in the area. For this, it is necessary to form a plot and bring it for the needs of society, it is planned to install a parking lot here.
The explanatory note of the project indicates that currently more than 2,000 people attend training sessions at Kaunas sports schools. athletes who swim in pools in Šilainiai, Vilijampolė, Dainava, Gričiupis, at that time in Panemunė, Žemuosiai Šančiai, Aleksotas, Vaišvydava lack such services.
As a result, it is “appropriate to build a new 25-meter pool with 8 swimming lanes next to the KTU Engineering School.” According to the city planning and architecture department, a place for construction is already provided here, but the need to form a plot on state land is determined by the installation of a parking lot.
By the way, in the building marked with number 11 on Vaidoto Street, more than two years ago, the Catholic St. The Mato Gymnasium, which was liquidated despite strong resistance from the community, and the KTU Engineering School located here. The municipality based the decision on the poor performance of the school, according to which residents of Panemunė and Vaišvydava must transport children to educational institutions in other parts of the city.
Work could start in 2022
Mindaugas Šivickas, head of the Kaunas Municipality Sports Department, said that after the adoption of the council’s draft decision, urban planners can initiate the formation and taking of a plot between Vaidoto Street and the school building for women. needs of the municipality.
“It just came to us then. After we formed it, we could start the design work, buy design services. I think the documents could be arranged during 2021, construction would actually start in 2022,” taught M. Šivickas.
According to him, not only a 25m long 8-lane pool is planned, but also minimal spa areas – whirlpools, saunas, so that there is some entertainment in addition to swimming and sports. These services would be available to all Kaunas residents for a fixed fee.
“It has not yet been decided who would manage the new institution, but several options are not ruled out. The pool operator can be searched on the basis of a concession through a public tender or will be transferred to the Kaunas Swimming School, which manages the Šilainiai, Vilija and Dainava pools, teaches children to swim and trains athletes ”, explained the Head of the Sports Department.
For Roma residents: a multifunctional center
On Tuesday, the Kaunas City Council started land formation and land acquisition procedures on Medekšinės str. 6, in Romainiai. The planned multifunctional center would house a library, venues for cultural and community activities, and provide health care services.
This draft decision was prepared for the Department of Culture after receiving a letter from the V. Kudirka municipal public library about the poor condition of the three units, the need to merge the non-viable units and move them to a new location: a center multifunctional. The funds allocated for the maintenance and repair of inadequate premises, as indicated in the explanatory note, would be used to improve the quality of library services.
The need for the center is also based on the limited availability of health services for the residents of this part of the city. According to data from the Department of Health Care, people with mobility problems and elderly patients are not allowed to enter the Romainiai branch of the Šilainiai branch of the Kaunas City Polyclinic operating on Chodkevičiaus street.
“Therefore, the relocation of the Romainiai subdivision to the new multifunctional center would be economically and functionally rational,” says the explanatory memorandum of the draft decision. At the meeting held on Tuesday, the Kaunas Council members unanimously spoke in favor of the formation of the plot on Medekšinės Street.
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