City asking province to cost-share $6.5M outdoor pool
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The City of Brandon is hoping the provincial government will cover half of the cost of a new outdoor pool.
City council voted last week to ask the province for $3,250,000 — half of the projected $6.5-million total.
The provincial grant could cover 50 per cent of eligible costs for the proposed pool up to $5 million, a council report states.
The city has been looking to build a new outdoor pool since last year, with the location likely at the Keystone Centre.
“We try to identify the projects that will have the greatest benefit to the community and to the ratepayers, and also align the best with the funding program guidelines,” city finance director Troy Tripp said on Monday.
The request will go to the Manitoba Growth, Renewal and Opportunities for Municipalities (GRO) program, administered under Municipal and Northern Relations Minister Glen Simard’s portfolio.
Simard, who is also the MLA for Brandon East, said he is excited by the prospect of looking at the project more in depth and having it evaluated.
“I think it’s a really important project. It’ll be in competition with a number of important projects,” Simard said last week.
Mayor Jeff Fawcett told the Sun after last week’s meeting that he expects the project will receive provincial support, but it is ultimately the province’s decision.
Tripp estimated the city has been successful in about half of its applications to the GRO program, noting that the program is still new.
The city is pursuing a new outdoor pool as the 58-year-old Kinsmen Centennial Pool in the east end is aging, having seen delays in opening on time at the start of 2025 season.
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