New pool may be built in Cloverdale<\/p>\n
Published 3:28 pm Tuesday, July 21, 2026<\/p>\n
A new pool may be built in East Surrey.<\/p>\n
Mayor Brenda Locke announced plans July 21 to build a new pool for Cloverdale\/Clayton Heights.<\/p>\n
Pending re-election, the mayor said her Surrey Connect team will work to bring new infrastructure projects to the city. Those include a new pool for the Cloverdale\/Clayton Heights area (location to be determined), a new convention centre on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, and a new home for the B.C. Vintage Truck Museum, (likely in Cloverdale or even on the Fairgrounds, but definitely remaining in Surrey).<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we are making a big announcement that will change how families access swimming right here in Cloverdale,\u201d the mayor said outside the Clayton Community Centre. \u201cWhen our Surrey Connect Team is re-elected, we will build a new Aquatic Centre for Cloverdale. This won\u2019t just be a pool\u2014our goal is a multi-use aquatic facility tailored for the many families in Surrey, with initial concepts including a water park, therapeutic areas, and spaces designed for children learning to swim.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mayor said there will be a public consultation process to hash out all the details and the community will have input.<\/p>\n
She added city pools, such as Grandview and Fleetwood, are \u201coversubscribed,\u201d so a Cloverdale pool will help alleviate pressure on other pools and halve East Surrey residents\u2019 commute to an indoor pool.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a community amenity and we want the community to have a say.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Locke also noted a 200,000 square-foot convention centre is also coming to the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, which may or may not include a hotel. The Surrey City Development Corporation (SCDC) will be coming up with the report on how that will all shake out. That report will likely be out sometime in the spring or summer of 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe consultation process for the (Cloverdale Fairgrounds) is still going on and it\u2019s only really just taking off now,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cSCDC \u2026 is leading the plan for Cloverdale.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mayor also noted that the B.C. Vintage Truck Museum will also have a home. She didn\u2019t say if the museum would remain on the Fairgrounds, or even in Cloverdale, but it would stay in Surrey.<\/p>\n
She said the truck museum is \u201cnear and dear\u201d to Surreyites\u2019 hearts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will make sure that there is a place somewhere for the truck museum,\u201d the mayor added.<\/p>\n
Mayor Locke made the announcement surrounded by Surrey Connect team members Harry Bains, Rob Stutt, Pardeep Kooner, and Noemi Victorino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New pool may be built in Cloverdale Published 3:28 pm Tuesday, July 21, 2026 A new pool may…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-817401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}