The historic East London Aquarium has been temporarily closed for repairs to the damages caused by the same swells which wreaked havoc on the neighbouring stretch of Esplanade late last year.
BCM spokeswoman, Bathandwa Diamond, said: “An assessment was done and it tallied up to a total of R2.8-million and the repairs are expected to take a total of six months to finish.”
Siani Tinley, acting senior manager of marine and zoological services, said the most urgent repairs would be to the whale watching deck, seal exhibit, access to the education centre and the education centre itself.
Tinley said that the aquarium animals’ health would not be affected by the construction and that they would work with contractors so as to plan to move or shelter animals according to repair work being done at the time.
East London aquarium closed for repairs
The historic East London Aquarium has been temporarily closed for repairs to the damages caused by the same swells which wreaked havoc on the neighbouring stretch of Esplanade late last year.
BCM spokeswoman, Bathandwa Diamond, said: “An assessment was done and it tallied up to a total of R2.8-million and the repairs are expected to take a total of six months to finish.”
Siani Tinley, acting senior manager of marine and zoological services, said the most urgent repairs would be to the whale watching deck, seal exhibit, access to the education centre and the education centre itself.
Tinley said that the aquarium animals’ health would not be affected by the construction and that they would work with contractors so as to plan to move or shelter animals according to repair work being done at the time.
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