Regina city council votes unanimously in favour of $128M in federal dollars for new aquatic centre
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Regina city council voted unanimously to move forward and apply for a total of $128 million in funding from Ottawa for a new aquatics centre and geothermal facility during Wednesday’s council meeting.
Regina city council voted unanimously to move forward and apply for a total of $128 million in funding from Ottawa for a new aquatics centre and geothermal facility during Wednesday’s council meeting.
One of the prerequisites of approval for federal dollars from the program is to have a location of a project approved.
Council also unanimously voted on keeping the aquatics centre where the Lawson currently sits.
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.
The federal government still needs to approve the funding, which could take 12 to 18 months.
“It's satisfying to know that we've gone through the next hurdle where we've got unanimous support of those present,” Regina Mayor Sandra Masters said. “Hopefully we will get the funding and I think it will be a quite an incredible facility at the end of the day.”
