Lewis Farms Recreation Centre Overrun: $32M

0:00Edmonton's Lewis Farms Recreation Center is blowing past its budget, now looking at almost $32 million more than the original three. 111 million approved back in 2021. The project got scaled back last year with a smaller pool, gym, and cuts the things like a bouldering wall and skate park, but costs still climb due. To wild inflation since the pandemic hit. Counselors got the bad news last month, and folks like Tim Jans are stressing about squeezing this into the city's tight budget, wishing they'd planned more carefully from the start in 2005. Western neighborhoods have boomed without wreck options, so locals are hungry for it. Mayor Naxx been pushing hard, saying over budget projects like, This are rare. Counsel debates the overrun on April 28th with construction wrapping in 2027 and doors opening fall of 20. 28. Keeping eyes on how they handle these rising tides. I'm Corey with the story, and you've been listening to Canada News today, AI-powered

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