THE demolition of the old paddling pool and shelter on Troon’s promenade is underway after the town’s councillor deemed it ‘extremely dangerous’.

Councillor Peter Convery took on the project when he spotted the hazardous erosion of the 1970s development that had “served the community very well” but believes “it is time it was gracefully retired”.

At the recent Troon Community Council meeting, Cllr Convery explained what he hopes will come of the demolished site.

He said: “Some of you will have noticed the heras fencing at the old paddling pool.

“I took it on myself and took photographs of the actual shelter and as a consequence of that, it’s been decided that the building is extremely dangerous hence the heras fencing.

“You will probably find that in some weeks ahead, it will be demolished completely and have everything taken away.

“The other thing that I have now is the confidence to fill in the rest of the paddling pool so from that point of view, we can level the whole thing off. 

“There have been various things that have been talked about, in relation to what we can now do with it - there was a suggestion to form it into a bandstand.

“The suggestion from our officers would be more adventitious to have the bandstand, not the size of the original one by any means, but it would be positioned just behind the concert hall.

“That is work in progress at the moment. but I think it will turn into something quite interesting.” 

Cllr Convery wrote in ‘Troon’s Going Out’ that there was a consensus around levelling the remainder of the pool and installing “first class play facilities” for not just the young children but “right through to youths”.