{"id":369484,"date":"2026-08-12T15:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369484\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:56:08","slug":"hialeah-closes-all-public-pools-over-maintenance-safety-concerns-newsradio-wiod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369484\/","title":{"rendered":"Hialeah Closes All Public Pools Over Maintenance, Safety Concerns | NewsRadio WIOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hialeah, FL &#8211; Hialeah has temporarily closed all city-operated public pools as officials conduct health and safety reviews following concerns about facility conditions.<\/p>\n<p>City officials announced Tuesday that Milander Pool, McDonald Pool and Babcock Pool would remain closed while each location undergoes an individual inspection. <\/p>\n<p>Bucky Dent Water Park is also closed.<\/p>\n<p>The city said the evaluations are being conducted as a precaution, with health and safety experts expected to examine each facility and determine whether repairs or other corrective measures are necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The closures surprised some residents who arrived at the facilities expecting them to be open. <\/p>\n<p>One woman visiting with her grandson told <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/hialeahs-public-pools-closed-over-maintenance-concerns-mayor-says-health-and-safety-experts-will-evaluate-facilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">7News<\/a> she had traveled to multiple parks before discovering they were closed.<\/p>\n<p>The citywide reviews come shortly after Bucky Dent Water Park reopened following a seven-year closure.<\/p>\n<p>State officials ordered the facility closed again days after its reopening, citing safety concerns and operational violations.<\/p>\n<p>Hialeah Mayor Bryan Calvo visited the water park Tuesday as officials addressed questions surrounding the city&#8217;s recreational facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Calvo said conditions at several Hialeah aquatic and park facilities are the result of years of deferred maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>He said his administration is seeking funding to renovate and modernize the properties.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor has formally requested assistance securing $5 million for improvements to the city&#8217;s facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not announced when the pools will reopen. Each location is expected to remain closed while experts complete their reviews and identify any work that may be required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hialeah, FL &#8211; Hialeah has temporarily closed all city-operated public pools as officials conduct health and safety reviews&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[149556,15188,54548,12725,47,571,225,227,226,29407,5954,15649,1999,74830,504,4436,192],"class_list":["post-369484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-7news","tag-bryan-calvo","tag-concerns","tag-facility","tag-fl","tag-health","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-maintenance","tag-officials","tag-pools","tag-residents","tag-reviews","tag-safety","tag-safety-concerns","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}