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Community Centre occupancy remains out of reach MUNI HOPES FOR END OF YEAR MOVE IN
ALEX KURIAL Editor
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Frustration is mounting as occupancy of the new Community Centre continues to be delayed. Now quickly drawing to a close, this year saw several shifts in the expected opening date for the approximately $19 million project. A February estimate of late April was later replaced with multiple summertime opening goals, before those too switched to the end of October. Having passed that mark by several weeks, the end of the year has been mentioned as a possible occupancy date. “We’re moving close to the end of the project, unfortunately it’s just not moving at the rate we would like,” said Bowen’s chief administrative officer Kirn Dhillon during a meeting of the Mayor’s Task Force on Infrastructure on Nov. 7. He explained several deficiencies were found during inspections of the fire and life safety systems in the building earlier that day. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3