Windsor city council backs acceleration of plan to move Sandpoint Beach

The City of Windsor is moving ahead with anenvironmental assessment needed to relocate Sandpoint Beach years ahead of schedule.

At Monday's city council meeting, members adopted a motion to immediately use$227,500 that has been earmarked for the assessment in 2024.

The assessment ispart of a plan to movethe beachto an areasafer for swimming.

Ward 7 Coun.Jeewen Gill, with the support of Mayor Drew Dilkens, had been advocatingto accelerate the plan following the drowning of a 24-year-old man last month.

At Monday's meeting, Gillsaid plans to improve thebeach were"long overdue."

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