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Parking at Quincy’s East Park will be limited due to construction of the new Quincy Aquatic Center. Crews are beginning site excavation. 

Quincy City Council awarded a $15.7 million contract to Chervenell Construction, Kennewick.  

Completion scheduled for June 2026.  

QUINCY — The main parking lot for East Park in Quincy will close to traffic this week as construction crews start working on the new Quincy Aquatic Center. Russ Harrington, parks and recreation director, said crews are already excavating the site.  

“They’re already ripping some of the ground up,” Harrington said.  

Quincy City Council members approved a $15.7 million contract with Chervenell Construction, Kennewick, for the project at the June 3 meeting. Construction is scheduled to take about a year. 

“The plan is we’ll be able to open it for our summer swim season next year,” Harrington said. 

Quincy City Engineer Ariel Belino told council members the city has a plan in case the opening is delayed. 

“We’re going to maintain the existing pool. Once the new pool is built, that’s the time they’re going to go back and demolish the old one,” Belino said. 

The new aquatic center will have a zero-depth entry and a Lazy River, along with a six-lane swimming pool. Two to three waterslides are planned. They will be built on a separate tower and will not empty into the main pool, Harrington said. The pool will be about the same size as the existing facility, he said, but with the design, there’s more room for swimming. 

The new pool will have a new entrance, locker rooms and a concession stand. 

The new pool will have a stainless-steel shell covered with a lining, Harrington said. The shell is scheduled for delivery by August, with installation in September.  

“Stainless steel panels get welded together, then braced up (with) backfill behind it,” he said.  

The new location is above the water table, which will reduce the possibility of damage to the shell, he said.  

Construction crews are also planning to pave the new parking lot prior to winter, he said. If those two things are finished, the project will be much less dependent on the weather in the spring.  

The pool entrance still will be off F Street Southeast, Harrington said, but will be moved slightly further west.  

Building the new pool required moving a softball field, the only softball field in town with lights. The softball field will be relocated across town to Lauzier Park, which is scheduled for additional upgrades. 

The park is on 13th Avenue Southwest; the street will be widened and rebuilt, and access will be added from R Street Southwest and a new street, T Street Southwest. Lauzier Park will be the home of the new indoor sports complex known as the QPlex. It’s in the process of design.