TROY – There won’t be an splashing or swimming in a rebuilt South Troy Pool on July 1 as construction delays have pushed back the opening to an unknown date — maybe days or weeks away — depending on the installation of a pool liner, officials said Friday.

The 57-year-old pool was shut two years ago as unsafe to operate and maintain. This winter Mayor Patrick Madden announced a plan to reopen the pool with an aggressive construction program to fix its failings.

“I’m distressed we had to close it in the first place. We set the date (of July 1) as a stretch goal back in February,” Madden said.

The city’s contractors began work during the spring pushing to get the pool done before the July 4 holiday week. The city departments and the contractors ran into unexpected difficulties when it was discovered the layers of paint on the pool were hiding problems with the concrete pool, Madden said.

A solution of installing a liner shaped to fit the pool, which opened in 1962, and gutters around the pool was determined to be the best way to proceed. But manufacturing the custom-designed liner and gutters is taking time. The city anticipates they could arrive next week. Then installation will be dependent in part on the weather. Rain could delay the placement of the liner and gutters.

City Council President Carmella Mantello said until a few days ago she believed the pool would reopen July 1 and that the administration hadn’t indicated otherwise until questions were asked.

“I’m very disappointed for the many youth and others who were looking forward to swimming in the pool for the July 4th holiday,” Mantello said.

The city is moving ahead with securing the Rensselaer County Health Department permits needed to operate the pool and is finalizing an agreement with the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Region to operate it, said John Salka, a mayoral spokesman. Salka said the paperwork has been filed with the county. The city’s failure to file an application with the county resulted in the city pools not opening during a heat wave in former Mayor Harry Tutunjian’s administration.

The city will have its splash pads and other programs for children as it has for the last two years to provide some relief until the South Troy Pool reopens, officials said.

The city expects the rebuilding of the pool to come in under the $1.4 million bonded to pay for it.

The Knickerbacker Park Pool is considered to be beyond repair. It also was closed two years ago. The city intends to build a new pool in the park adjacent to the park entrance near Knickerbacker Ice Rink.

The city must first reach a new long-term agreement with the Knickerbacker Association, the not-for-profit that owns the park and leases it to the city, before a new pool is built.