Establishment of a working group to secured Federal/Provincial funds for the Civic Centre

Newsletter: December 15, 2023

I was fortunate this week to have a private meeting with our City Manager, Wendy Stephenson, on the topic of Budget 2024 implementation.  I will continue to update these important investments as we move through key gateways.  Regarding the Barrhaven Downtown Civic Centre we spoke to the transportation infrastructure requirements, land acquisition processes, key stakeholders and engagement requirements and project scoping/phasing.  I am happy to say that despite the complexity and enormity of this project, 2024 will see some tangible outcomes.  There is now a City working group that meets weekly who are looking at the application of the Federal/Provincial Grant programme and implementation process.  The biggest concern that I have right now is that the costing analysis was done pre-COVID and as such we will need to revisit the overall budget requirements and timelines, but I will be working hard with all stakeholders on this issue over the winter.