Chesapeake is getting its first public pool!
Congressman Bobby Scott delivered a $3 million check Thursday during a ceremony in Chesapeake toward the city’s first public pool.
After 60 years since its establishment, the city of Chesapeake will finally get its first public pool using these funds.
“I’m pleased that the city of Chesapeake will be able to open, what I understand, is the first public pool with these funds,” Scott said.
Mayor Rick West said this is a way of fulfilling a promise made years ago.
Chesapeake was trying to keep up with road and utility infrastructures, schools at over capacity and can now focus on making quality of life improvements, Deputy City Manager Brian Solis said.
The pool will be located near South Norfolk. Photos were on hand at the ceremony to give folks an idea of what the final project will look like.
See the photos below!