Thunder Bay council to mull over waterfront project plans

Future development along Thunder Bay's waterfront will take centre stage at tonight's city council meeting.

The city has hired a consultant to look at developing the former Pool 6 site, which is part of a 20-year plan for Prince Arthur's Landing.

The plan states that by 2019 a trail network, new floating docks, new trees, parking lots near Pearl Street and a possible new art gallery should grace the waterfront.

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The cost to complete most of those projects would be about $4 million.

Upgrades to the festival area would cost another $5 million. Those upgrades involve building a new band shell, and changing the roads in the festival area, while also swapping the washroom and storage buildings.

There would be some infrastructure upgrades as well.

As for more long-term projects like expanding the number of boat slips, and creating more public pavilions and development, the city could have those plans ready to go by December 2017.

When it comes to more boat slips, the consultant identified nine potential areas with four of them along the Kaministiquia or Mission Rivers.

The city acknowledges it is a "long-term" plan after all with a target completion date 20 years from now.

First up: Non-business meeting

Thunder Bay council will start its meeting a bit earlier on Monday, with a non-business meeting at 4 p.m.

Council will hear a number of presentations from administration, dealing with investment in roads, road maintenance standards, evaluating contracts, and prioritizing projects.

There are no details on exactly what will be presented. No decisions can be made at a non-business meeting.