With 2022 coming to a close this weekend, Mayor Colleen Smook says the tender package for the new aquatic centre is expected to be finalized in early 2023.

Smook adds that once that has been done, construction for the new pool should begin sometime this May or June and would be expected to be completed in late 2024.

When the government funding was announced earlier this year, the new pool was originally slated for late 2023, but the mayor acknowledged that finalizing the design and tender took longer than expected.

Aside from the new developments with the pool as well as the ongoing road, water, and sewer renewal, Smook says another major project city council will be working towards in 2023 is improving the local fire house and expanding healthcare in Thompson.