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Regina’s Wascana Centre has unveiled the final draft of its 2025 master plan.
The plan includes updated public washrooms, expanding picnic sites, park benches and other amenities.
“I think what’s really exciting about the opportunity that we have coming up here is making sure that Wascana Centre continues to be a centre for families, for recreation, for fun, and trying to keep up with the demands of the population that we have in this beautiful space within the centre of the city,” said Jenna Schroeder, executive director of the Provincial Capital Commission (PCC), which manages Wascana Centre and Government House.
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Wascana updates the plan on a 10-year cycle. It is currently accepting feedback on its website until July 27.
The findings of this round of feedback will be outlined in a report scheduled for October.
The 2025 Wascana Master Plan will include pathway maps for its visitors. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
The PCC board of directors will review the master plan and, if approved, it will be posted in November.
“We have been hearing from the public over the last few years what their priorities are, what’s important for Wascana Centre and some of the things that we should be considering here into the future,” Schroeder said.
“We have been hearing that pathways are the feature people like most about Wascana, it’s where people think we should be directing our attention and our resources.”
Wascana has had a formal master plan since 1913.
Although it’s updated every 10 years, the executive director said the Wascana master plan is about outlining a vision for 100 years.
However, she admitted that the PCC is faced with several challenges.
Schroeder said the PCC has had trouble keeping its shrubbery well hydrated due to several years of drought.
“The trees are stressed … needing to irrigate things to keep the grasses green and the flowers growing … has been a challenge,” she said.
“I think some folks have noticed in the public that for some of the trees, there are dead branches – the trees themselves are dying.”
Schroeder also says the PCC also has to deal with ever-increasing costs for capital projects.
“The cost of things are going up. We create a budget for what we want to spend in the year, but that’s like every other public entity who wants to get infrastructure projects done,” she said.
“So we’re working our best to manage those costs and work with the construction industry as well.”
The Provincial Capital Commission is a three-way partnership between the University of Regina, City of Regina and Government of Saskatchewan.
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