| | | Fishin Guy said "What I don't understand is everyone is in a big demand for these pools and splash parks to open. Some people wanted them open since May long. How many days exactly have we had since then where people would actually use them? Even today I don't think it got above 20 and at those temps nobody goes. Unless it seems to get above the 25 degrees and sunny these places are dead. If they were to open early and it is cold and nobody goes then people would complain that it is a waste of money to keep them open while the weather is the shits. It is one of those damn if you do and damn if you don't. " |
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I don't think everyone is clamouring for the pools etc to be open 7 days/week in May and June. Like you said, there's still plenty of cool days, and most kids are still in school and/or daycare during the week. But it would be nice if there was the option of them being open on the weekends, especially since it's been so warm. Today's announcement seems like a reasonable compromise, in my opinion.
Consequently, in places like Winnipeg where the parks are open in May and June, they are unstaffed and on a timer. The water doesn't run, and there's no wear-and-tear on the infrastructure unless someone is actually there using it. It's a good solution too because it's available for public use if the weather permits, but isn't really costing anything (maybe a bit for maintence staff to check them periodically) if no one uses them.