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Keith Gerein: Edmonton's finances again skating uphill due to Lewis Farms Recreation Centre

Coming to council for more money now, when the facility is two-thirds along, offers no legitimate option. Rejecting the request at this stage would cut into the integrity of the project, such as not opening one of the two arenas, or leaving the library or pool unfinished.

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In a council meeting last week discussing the Lewis Farms Recreation Centre and Library, Mayor Andrew Knack was keen to push back on the narrative of Edmonton’s struggles with project management.

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Despite cost pressures hitting governments pretty much everywhere these days, he said, well over 90 per cent of Edmonton’s projects are delivered on time and budget.

It’s an assertion that happens to be simultaneously accurate and misleading.

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