A month later, she said the design will be delayed until October or November, though a floor plan has been completed.
Coun. Les Ellsworth asked if this would have any effect on the city’s grant applications for funding towards new pool construction cots.
“It would have really no effect on that,” said city manager Anthony McInnis. “As far as we know, there’s still no timeline for those announcements.”
In October 2019, council passed a resolution seeking an Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) grant, which would cover 76 per cent of an estimated total cost of $20 million for a new pool, with the city chipping in just over $5 million.