Finance committee backs central library plan, $60M brownfields grant for Zibi

The city has turned another page in its effort to build a new central library, with the finance committee Tuesday approving a financing plan to build the $175-million facility on LeBreton Flats.
The city will need to borrow $80 million to help cover its end of the development deal with Library and Archives Canada.
Selling the current flagship Ottawa Public Library property at the corner of Laurier Avenue and Metcalfe Street to Slate Properties will generate $20 million. The city will also take $