Allowing the Big Splash leaseholder to meet its obligations simply by opening a restaurant on the site would be "an outrageous abuse of the process", the Save Big Splash group says.
Access Canberra said this week that if the Big Splash leaseholder opened an unlicensed family restaurant on the Macquarie site by November 1, it would be complying with the lease.
Save Big Splash spokesperson Amelia Tattam said Access Canberra had decided not to terminate the lease in April precisely because it was assured an aquatic facilty would be re-opened on the site by November 1.