Waiting for the outcome of the load tests to reopen the structures The data will be communicated by the Municipality, there is optimism
PONTEDERA. Countdown and fingers crossed to find out the result of the load tests and the results of the analysis of the material of the PalaZoli domes. By now the time for investigations should be running out and everyone, among the insiders and the sports clubs that gravitate around the building, ensure that the verdict is close. Indeed very close. “A matter of days,” he says Leonardo Cini, administrator of the Sport Project which manages the facility a stone’s throw from the Mannucci stadium. In fact, however, he expects the fateful meeting to be called in which the conclusions of the laboratory that carried out the tests in the two previous weeks will be communicated.
Because it was necessary to understand if the domes could bear the weight of 25-kilo bags and were therefore elastic at the right point and if the cores were suitable. It is the examination of the internal stratigraphy of the domes material that took longer than expected, inevitably postponing the final decision. And the opening or not of the structure.
So, between expectations and hopes, there are those who are working to be ready and those who make do. “We know they are already preparing the pool for the restart – he says Damiano Bolognesi, president of Dimensione Nuoto – and this encourages us because it gives us confidence in the positive results of the tests but in the meantime we had to adapt. As long as it was open and the weather conditions allowed it, our athletes used the swimming pool outside ». But the climate has changed. “Today only adults swim outside and in the hottest hours of the day. The rest of our members moved temporarily to the Athena in Ponsacco ». As if to say, nothing is lost.
The situation is temporary but the watchword is bite the bullet. Not only the Pontederese swimmers are on standby but also the volleyball and basketball players who use the PalaZoli for training and championship matches. All with bated breath. “We can wait a few more days but we can’t wait to get back to normal,” Bolognesi concludes.