Greater Sudbury city council will get an outline on the scope of work and timelines associated with the Kingsway Entertainment District and two other sites at their Feb. 9 meeting.

Council received a large projects update Tuesday night, with executive director of strategic initiatives, communications and citizen services Ian Wood bringing council up to speed on projects such Place des Arts, Junction East, Junction West and the Kingsway Entertainment District.

The latter drew some displeasure from a few councillors on Tuesday evening, as Wood explained that comprehensive reports and project summaries will be brought forward on three sites for the KED.

Mayor Brian Bigger put a pause on any KED decisions during last week’s council meeting, requesting a report from staff that will be presented in the second quarter of this year that will lay out the all the facts related to the proposed event centre.

“As council and as a community we’ve all waited for the legal and various other processes to conclude on the Kingsway Entertainment District and in recent weeks we’ve seen an enormous amount of public and council discussion, data, information, facts, letters regarding this project, and the reality is much has changed since 2017,” said Bigger during the Jan. 12 meeting.

“COVID-19 has had a significant impact, we owe it to our citizens and ourselves to ensure that we have correct information to make some very big decisions in the coming months,” said Bigger.

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