The massive price tag is attached to a massive project which will function as school ground to two high schools, and a community recreational area.

The project will see 1,140 trees, three baseball diamonds, four soccer fields, eight tennis courts, four outdoor basketball courts, 4,430 metres of pathway, a human sundial, and large storm water retention pond.

The project was funded from the 2008-2017 Capital Improvement Program, but has multiple apportioned funding sources:

-City of Lethbridge Parks            $775,204.00

-Lethbridge Public Library           $77,768.67

-Catholic Central High School      $80,859.42

-Chinook High School                 $100,100.67

-Real Estate and Land Dept.       $634,899.75

-Contingency Fund                    $167,103.24