Regina city council set to vote on application for $128M in federal dollars for new aquatic centre
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Regina city council will decide whether or not to apply for a total of $128 million in funding from Ottawa for a new aquatics centre during Wednesday's council meeting.
Regina city council will decide whether or not to apply for a total of $128 million in funding from Ottawa for a new aquatics centre during Wednesday’s council meeting.
The deadline to apply for the funding from the federal government is March 14.
Replacing the current Lawson Aquatics Centre is one of five projects recommended in the city’s Catalyst Committee report.
A survey done last year indicated that a new aquatics centre was, “not at all a priority” for 27.5 per cent of respondents.
The survey, released in December of 2022, had 4,438 participants. The City of Regina also said it received more than 12,000 open ended comments.
The Catalyst Committee’s report recommended that a new aquatics centre should be constructed at the current site of the Lawson Aquatics centre, with the Yards site considered as a secondary location.
The federal dollars would come from Ottawa’s Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP).
