Kelowna, B.C.- The City of Kelowna put the issue to the voters, and the voters  didn't say no.

So Kelowna now has the approval to move forward and borrow nearly $43 million dollars for a new 90 thousand square foot “Police  Services Building”.

Kelowna had  initiated the alternate approval process  which  presented a window of 30 days for 9,484 residents(10% of the electorate) to sign a petition  if they wanted to prevent the city from  borrowing the cash.

By the deadline on Friday, March 28th,  only 198 residents stepped forward to oppose the move.

Kelowna can now proceed with its plan  that will see an RFP for a design-build  project issued  in June,  a contract  likely to be  entered in later this year,  design and construction  to start in 2015 and move in  in late 2017.