Common Council is approving city staff to proceed with putting out the tenders for upgrading work around the proposed Peel Plaza development. Under the revised funding report nearly $2.9 million dollars will come from the General Fund Capital, and an additional $1 million will come from the Water and Sewerage Utility Fund Capital project.Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase wants to know where the additional money is coming from, and what projects are going to be dropped.Commissioner of Municipal Operations Paul Groody says no projects will be dropped, the scope of the project has been expanded, and this is the cost.
Councilor Bill Farren says the upgrading work on Union Street to Wellington street is necessary even if the Peel Plaza project doesn’t go forward.
