Dauphin MLA Ron Kostyshyn is very happy that an election promise made in 2023 by both himself and now Premier Wab Kinew is finally moving to the construction phase.
Funding for construction of a new Justice facility in Dauphin was included in last week's provincial budget.
Kostyshyn says the facility will be more than just a jail.
"It is called a justice facility, where we have an opportunity to modernize the traditional way of where you go to jail for say two years and they throw away the key. It is intended to work with individuals that have maybe had some challenges in their upbringing or their lifestyle. And those are things that we are going to be working on with mental health workers and a number of other means."
Total costs for the facility is $142 million, with $7 million of that included in this year's budget for site preparation work.
