Plans for some extra features along Collingwood’s waterfront are going ahead.
But not everyone’s happy about it.
Council has approved recommendations from the Leisure Services Department for necessary ugrades to the Waterfront Park plan and some optional ones totalling 437 thousand dollars on top the original 2.4 million dollar price tag.
The necessary features include just over 61 thousand dollars for fire protection including additional water and hydrants.
They also include over 43 thousand dollars for safety measures such as safety stations and egress ladders along the docks to be built from the old shipyard area to the end of Mountain View Hotel.
Council voted unanimously for the required upgrades.
But Councillor Mike Edwards was the only one to say no to the optional features including almost 75 thousand dollars worth of bollard and chain along the docks to give it a heritage feel and about 90 thousand dollars in heritage looking light standards.
Edwards says he is worried about where the money will come from.
He feels they should have waited to vote on the optional features until they could find out if they can get some government funding to help with the project.
But Treasurer Marjorie Leonard says much of the project cost, possibly as much as 75 percent, will be eligible for development charges from the sale of each unit in the new Shipyards Condo Development.
The expected completion date for the waterfront park and promenade is September 1st.