Mohammedia is renowned for its many unfinished projects. A reality to which the city's inhabitants have become accustomed and which results from inefficient management, the absence of a global vision, and projections that take into account the city's priorities. The most glaring example is the current state of the Olympic swimming pool and the sports and leisure centre of the indoor hall. In a displayed desire to break with old habits, the urban commune of Mohammedia has scheduled the redevelopment of the Olympic swimming pool. A step which, let us hope, will not stop at this level and which will concern other projects, in order to put an end to the phenomenon of unfinished projects that harm the city's image. Built for the 1983 Mediterranean Games, the Olympic swimming pool welcomed young people and athletes who were fans of swimming and water polo, as well as children from underprivileged families.
It was a space of freedom and meetings, one of the most lively places in the city. Closed for fourteen years, this swimming pool has completely deteriorated in total indifference. All the technical equipment and the rest are unrecoverable, knowing that an amount of 4.818 million DH had been disbursed by the urban community of Casablanca and the Municipal Council of Mohammedia for the realisation, at the time, of this major project. In fact, the closure of this swimming pool has had negative consequences on the popularisation of swimming as a sporting discipline. In a city where air pollution causes a certain number of worrying health problems (asthma, allergies, respiratory diseases), swimming is a beneficial sport to fight against these diseases in worrying progression.
For this former athlete, Mohammedia must not remain in the shadows. "It is the duty of all the potential of this beautiful city to invest in its development. No one can remain insensitive to the phenomenon of unfinished projects that deprive the inhabitants, especially the young, of their fundamental rights. We welcome this initiative with the hope that it will extend to other projects that are still not operational," he indicates. In any case, the necessary redevelopments for the rehabilitation of the Olympic swimming pool will be launched immediately.
A budget of 4 MDH has been allocated by the urban commune of Mohammedia to bring this space back to life and restore its former lustre. This swimming pool will be able, in the near future, to fully play its role in the development of swimming in Mohammedia and for the emergence of new champions. "It is a very beautiful initiative, it was time to think about it. It is reassuring to see that we are finally looking into the thorny problem of closed spaces and projects not completed to preserve the firmly anchored traditions of a city with a laudable sporting, cultural and artistic past," concludes this local resident.
In the same vein, the wish of the inhabitants of Mohammedia is the settlement of the problem of the sports and leisure centre. Another structure that has never been inaugurated. The sports and leisure centre was designed to welcome young people aged 7 to 16 as part of an activity programme combining reception and accommodation functions with outdoor activities and educational leisure. This centre covers an area of 6 hectares. It is dependent on an investment of 60 MDH and is equipped with football pitches, an open-air theatre, an athletics track, tennis courts, a swimming pool, and a meeting room with a capacity of 200 seats. Promises have been made for the opening of this structure of great social, pedagogical and educational utility.
