Derry City and Strabane District Council have said they are unable to give a 'specific timeframe' for when the much-loved City Baths will reopen.
Derry's oldest sporting facility, which opened in 1961, has been closed throughout the lockdown period.
It emerged in recent months that the cost of the renovation works for the leisure facility has soared to £1m despite original budgets showing it would cost £600,000.
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A report to council members in June of this year said the "overall financial requirement will only be known when contractor tender returns have been received and assessed".
A spokesperson for DCSDC said that the tender exercise had been completed and that an updated report would be brought before councillors in the coming months.
The spokesperson said: "A tender exercise was carried out and is currently being evaluated and assessed to enable officers to bring an updated report to elected members to an early meeting of the Health and Communities Committee for consideration."
Meanwhile, a campaigner to keep the city baths open, Siobhan Brinkley, told MyDerry: "I would love to see them reopen as soon as possible.
"It's the only swimming pool in the city for people who cannot drive to the [Templemore] Sports Complex or Foyle Arena, and it is good for mental health.
"Lots of agencies nowadays are talking about mental health so I think they all should be calling for it to be open as soon as possible.
"I have to pay roughly £30 a month to use a facility because of its closure, it's something I could do without paying with all of the energy costs, as I am a pensioner.
"I keep asking Derry City and Strabane Council for updates but it's always the same answers, different dates that it will reopen. I believe they are fobbing people off."
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