The City of SLO has, somewhat belatedly, announced the completion of the Sinsheimer Pool Re-plastering Project.

Work on the project was finished in early January and consisted of re-plastering, of the walls and retiling the popular municipal swimming pool.

While they were at it, workers replaced the existing pool lights with new energy efficient LED fixtures and carried out a drain system safety upgrade. Of course they had to repaint and mark lanes when it was all finished.

In the press release, a City spokesman wrote that the, “Project Completion was critical for the protection of the [pool’s] steel reinforced concrete structure. Pool water is highly corrosive and pool liner failure would lead to expensive repairs.”

That’s a technical way of saying that things were getting ready to rust if maintenance wasn’t done before it was too late.

This round of plaster is expected to last ten years without any major repairs. Total budgeted cost of the project was $488,385.