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City committee denies funding for St. Boniface promenade

Money for a $4.4 million project called the Tache Promenade will not come from the sale of a city yard in Winnipeg's St. Boniface.

The project proposes a walkway, lookout and other amenities along Tache Boulevard

Coun. Matt Allard wants to make the riverbank area a prime 'selfie spot' with a lookout tower and walkway, but on Wednesday, the mayor's executive policy committee voted against providing 25% of the sale of the yard to Tache Promenade's development. (Bert Savard/CBC)

Money for a $4.4 millionproject calledthe TachePromenade will not come from the sale of a city yard in Winnipeg's St. Boniface.

The project promoted as a prime spot for viewing and photographing the city skyline proposesa walkway, lookout and other amenities along TacheBoulevard.

On Wednesday, the mayor's executive policy committee voted against providing 25 per centof the sale of the yard to Tache Promenade'sdevelopment.

The City of Winnipeg is expecting to receive more than $2 million from a developer for the land, and the money will go to the city's land operating reserve.

City Coun.MattAllard had hoped to secure money for the project, and this rejection from the city comes little more than a month after another city committee recommended delaying the project's funds altogether by looking to the 2016 budget for financial support.