Hajdu backs Marathon’s activity centre plan

THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay-Superior North’s member of Parliament says Marathon has her support as it seeks federal funding for a $65-million sports and recreation centre “I’ve been working with the mayor of Marathon on a potential route towards getting some of the shortfall covered through federal investment,” Patty Hajdu said Friday after an unrelated announcement at Lakehead University. “The most likely pathway will be through the Infrastructure Canada funds,” she said. Marathon Mayor Rick Dumas confirmed Friday that the town has filed a funding application with the federal Green Municipal Fund for $35 million. A $15-million funding application with the Ontario government will be filed soon, he added. Designs for the two-storey, 100,000-square-foot Marathon Active Living Centre building include a lap pool, a leisure pool, a hockey rink, changing…

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