The city of Kelowna is asking for an extension on the province's deadline for funding on the first phase of its integrated water plan.
At Monday's meeting, project manager Ron Westlake told council the funding initially came with a deadline of March 31, 2019.
"We have a lot to do in that period of time, and of course our construction window is typically March through until October, so we don't have a whole year to construct," he said.
"And by the time we get out to construction, we doubt we'll get much done this year. So we're asking for an extension to go right through until the end of 2019."
The December 2019 deadline also meshes with the plan to amalgamate the city utility with the South East Kelowna Irrigation District (SEKID), and the South Okanagan Mission Irrigation District (SOMID) on January 1 2020.
Westlake also talked about the scope of the $63.7 million dollar first phase, which would upgrade and add infrastructure.
"The bigger part of this whole thing is a new seperate domestic water supply for (SEKID), with a lake water supply. It represents about 75 km of pipeline, two pump stations, and expanded reservoir storage," he said.
"South East Kelowna is in the order of $30 million, out of the $63 million project."
He says people should get familiar with this project, as the construction is going to impact roads and traffic, too.
"A transmission lane is being proposed along KLO Road that would connect to our main trunk on Gordon Drive, and connect up to a number of different key infrastructure up in the South East Kelowna area."
The provincial funding adds up to just under $44 million.