Council chiefs in Aberdeen have come under pressure to reveal their plans for an abandoned swimming pool which has lain derelict for six months.
Sport Aberdeen’s decision to close the Hazlehead facility last August was met with a wave of anger from the local community.
The pool, situated beside Hazlehead Academy, has been boarded up – raising fears it could become a target for vandals or fireraisers.
The building is back under the ownership of the city council, from whom answers on its future are being demanded.
Hazlehead, Queens Cross and Ashley councillor, Jennifer Stewart held recent discussions with parents at the school.
The Liberal Democrat said: “The parents are disappointed there has been nothing from either Sport Aberdeen or the city council about this since the closure.
“We know now that the building has been transferred back into the ownership of the council, so they can’t keep saying it is up to Sport Aberdeen.
“In the long term, the parent council would like to see the pool open again, but, in the short term, they just want something done to make it less of an eyesore.
“What’s even worse is that the Grammar School’s pool, run by the council, is only open to school pupils there and privately.
“We have children growing up not knowing how to swim. I think we need to know what the council’s intention is with this building.”
She was backed by SNP education spokesman, Alex Nicoll, who said: “My concern is the building will become the subject of vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
“The administration really needs to make some decisions about its future.”
The Hazlehead pool, formerly run by Sport Aberdeen, was one of two facilities axed on August 21 after Aberdeen City Council slashed the arms-length council body’s funding by £405,000 last February.
It argued that Hazlehead and Kincorth pools were simply not being used enough to justify keeping them open.