Tentative approval for Lewis Farms rec centre, pending last look for possible savings

Final approval for a $300-million recreation centre in the west end is on hold for another year while city council awaits a report on potential design tweaks and other cost-saving opportunities.
City council voted Thursday to hold the necessary debt room in abeyance while waiting for a report to come back in November 2019 that will include a “value engineering exercise” for the Lewis Farms recreation centre and library.
It won’t be a major “hack and slash,” said War