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BBC News
14-07-2025
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Petition to save historic sea pool reaches 1,000 signatures
A petition to restore the 128-year-old Victoria Marine Lake in St Helier has reached 1,000 means there will now be a response from Jersey's sea pool, built in 1897, is one of the largest of its kind in the British Isles, but it has been unusable since 2023 due to its sluice gates remaining including the newly formed Save Our Pool Working Group, are calling for urgent restoration. Petition organiser Nina Zaech described the pool as a "vital piece of Jersey's heritage" that could support health, leisure, and tourism.A 2024 inspection found the pool required "comprehensive work".Last month, infrastructure minister Andy Jehan was asked how the site would be maintained and said repairs would be "uneconomical" due to planned sea defence upgrades along the Jehan also referenced the £356,000 already spent on the maintenance of the Havre des Pas bathing pool.
BBC News
02-07-2025
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Petition calls for St Helier marine lake's restoration
A petition has been launched to restore and maintain a historic marine lake which is facing an uncertain Zaech set up the petition in support of St Helier's Victoria Marine Lake after Infrastructure Minister Andy Jehan said it would be "uneconomical" to repair the 128-year-old site due to plans to improve sea defences in the her petition, which had 332 signatures by 17:30 BST on Tuesday, Ms Zaech said the site on the waterfront was a "vital piece of Jersey's heritage".The Infrastructure and Environment Department has been contacted by the BBC for comment. 'Promoting health' An inspection carried out in 2024 said the marine lake needed "comprehensive work".When asked in June about how the site would be maintained in the future, Jehan said plans under development along the waterfront and the need to improve shoreline and coastal defences meant it was a "diminishing requirement".Ms Zaech said the marine lake had received "minimal maintenance" during its history."Victoria Marine Lake predates the listed Havre des Pas pool by eight years, yet it remains unlisted and at risk," she said."Restoring the pool would preserve a vital piece of Jersey's heritage while promoting health, leisure, and tourism."
