Rink or school? Charlottetown holds off on land sale to province

The city of Charlottetownis holding off decidingwhether to sell land behind the Cody Banks Arena to the province.

A new school is planned for the site located in Sherwood and the province was going to buy the land from the city for $158,000.

The motion would also have allowed the provincefirst right of refusal if the city wantedto sell Cody Banks Arena in the future.

Councillors expressed concern about possibly wanting the land for expanding the rink.

The citydeferred the decision to a later date. One of the reasons was to giveit time to gather more information on what the plan for arenas in Charlottetown will be going forward.

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