The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan recently announced funding for Battleford’s lagoon upgrades and expansion.
According to a recent press release, federal funding would be about $2.1 million, provincial funding would be $1.7 million, and the town would have to pay about $1.4 million for the project.
The lagoon is near capacity and upgrading it is a major capital expenditure for the town.
Battleford Chief Administrative Officer John Enns-wind told the News-Optimist work on securing funding for the lagoon project began a few years ago, and the lagoon project was approved as part of the town’s 2019 capital budget earlier this year.
Work on the project is planned to begin this fall and be completed by 2020.
Despite the governmental funding announcement, the town isn,t completely out of the woods, as the grant from the federal government is still conditional, Enns-Wind said.
Additional conditions could include another environmental assessment or more Aboriginal consultation.
Enns-Wind said the government had not yet provided the town with what the additional conditions might be.
The matter is to be discussed at Monday,s town council meeting, Enns-Wind said.
