'The missing piece': Regional councillors approve $19.75 million land deal for new transit hub
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The Region of Waterloo is moving ahead with a major land purchase it says will be used as part of its new transit hub in Kitchener.
The Region of Waterloo is moving ahead with a major land purchase it says will be used as part of its new transit hub in Kitchener.
Regional councillors approved buying a property at the corner of Duke and Victoria streets – with a price tag of $19.75 million – at Tuesday’s special council meeting.
Discussion of the sale took place at a closed-door meeting before the final vote.
Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic says the new purchase includes the plaza between Duke Street and the plot of regionally-owned land where a large encampment currently sits.
“In terms of the overall land holdings that the region already has between Weber Street and King Street along Victoria, this really was the missing piece, and that really will allow for a more full-scale major transit development going forward,” he said.
In 2022, the region launched a court case, seeking an injunction to clear the encampment and make way for construction of the transit hub.
