The Vancouver park board is offering discounts for late drop-ins at its four outdoor pools, following reservation system complaints.
The Vancouver park board says that starting Tuesday swimmers who drop-in during the final 45 minutes of outdoor pool swim sessions will receive a 50 per cent discount.
Staff say this is part of a summer trial aimed at improving flexibility and access for drop-in users at all outdoor pools, including Kitsilano Pool, Second Beach Pool, New Brighton Pool, and Maple Grove Pool.
The discount doesn’t apply to length swim sessions between 7 and 8:30 a.m., or to reservations.
The park board is also extending the broken-up afternoon sessions at Kits Pool into one long session. So that means the 3 to 5:30 p.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m. sessions will now be combined for a