Following up from yesterday’s post, it now appears that any request to higher levels of government for funding support would have to compete with other municipal projects like transit, roads and bridges for funding.
Councillor Peter Hume says he was surprised and disappointed by the news. He said it “was not a winning proposal” to tell citizens of Ottawa that they have to choose between building a new sports stadium and proceeding with the city’s new transit plan. “This is a significant twist” said Hume (Patrick Dare, Ottawa Citizen, Stadium or transit – council faces big choice, Feb. 25, 2009).
I would have thought this was a no-brainer, there’s just no comparison in terms of priorities. If the stadium idea is so worth pursuing why aren’t the developers proposing to put all the money up and take all the risk?
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