The renovation of the Morrisville Aquatics & Fitness Center (MAFC) is finally happening.  And included in that renovation are two new indoor pools!  While it’s not Cary, Morrisville is close enough to be exciting news and certainly helps ease some of year round lane shortage in Cary.

The MAFC will close on Friday, November 16. The facility will be closed for about a year and is scheduled to reopen in late 2019.  When it does, gone will be the bubbled 4 lane pool, replaced by a new 6-lane lap pool and separate play pool.  The new year-round natatorium will be constructed with a retractable roof to allow for open-air use in the warmer months.  So that’s pretty awesome.

The only sad news is the pool has gone from a planned 8 lanes down to 6.  I’m sure cost constraints played a large factor in that revision.  Still 6 is better than the previous 4 lanes and infinitely better than anything Town of Cary has provided residents.