This level of effort project is intended to provide a structured process to ensure the safety of pool operations through the repair or replacement of slides. A facilities assessment has been conducted to evaluate the needed level of repair or replacement and to create a priority list.

The project starts in FY23 and continues through FY30 for replacement of eight pool slides. The Recreation Department identified the slides and scope of the work through a slides assessment process in FY20. Slide repairs will be coordinated with the annual closure of indoor and outdoor pools to minimize the impact of construction on pool operations. The tentative replacement schedule is: FY23: Upper County Outdoor Pool, FY24: Sergeant Hector I. Ayala Wheaton/Glenmont Outdoor Pool, FY25: Eunice Kennedy/Sargent Shriver Indoor Pool, FY26: Germantown Outdoor Pool, FY27: Martin Luther King, Jr. Indoor Pool, FY28: Bethesda Outdoor Pool, FY29: Long Branch Outdoor Pool, FY30: Germantown Indoor Pool.

Most slides were constructed many years ago and many have disintegrated slide surfaces or rusted structural elements which could create safety issues if not repaired. This project ensures that slides are repaired in a systematic sequence based on their condition. The exact cost of slide repair or replacement will be determined based on more detailed studies that will be performed during the design and engineering phase of each slide.

Expenditures will continue indefinitely.

Department of Recreation and Department of General Services.