Hundreds of people have called city hall to complain about the idea. They say it's unfair to shut down the pool during a time when so many children use the facility.

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Edmonton city council isn't willing to take the plunge on a deeper wading pool outside city hall, despite a push from the public to keep the water at 40 centimetres. Council voted 8-4 Tuesday for the ...

EDMONTON— The Edmonton City Hall wading pool is already over budget and construction is set to end Summer 2019, although whether it will open to the public during the beginning or end of summer ...

Edmonton Sun Published Dec 18, 2017 • 3 minute read Join the conversation Wading pool outside city hall.Photo by Codie McLachlan / Postmedia ...

CTV Edmonton’s Jeremy Thompson has more. For the first time since crews began work to revamp the wading pool outside city hall in August 2018, media were given a look at the project on Wednesday.

Tarps have been put up above the construction of the wading pool in front of Edmonton city hall on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia ...

Join the conversation Tarps have been put up above the construction of the wading pool in front of Edmonton city hall on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia ...

The pool bottom requires a continuous pour of 290,000 litres of concrete. The pour started at 7 a.m. Wednesday and will continue in 20-minute intervals with concrete trucks arriving until 8 p.m.

The city has closed the wading pool at the Art Widnall Pool because of a new provincial regulation.

Each of the city’s 56 wading pools is also hosting an arts, crafts, sports and games day this summer. The events calendar with more details is available on the City of Ottawa website.

Knee-deep no more: Edmonton city councillors voted Tuesday to go ahead with renovations to the city hall wading pool which will see the depth go from the current 40 centimetres to just 15 centimetres.