Wednesday, February 17, 2010

West Harbour Site

The Spec has a couple more articles about the plans for the West Harbour Site for the Pan Am stadium. One issue seems to be just how much the Cats will contribute. Another issue seems to be should the cost of the remediation of the Rheem site be considered as part of the cost of the stadium? Currently the city owns the brownfield, and obviously the site needs to be cleaned at some point. Without the stadium it could easily be more than ten years before anything is done with the site and consequently the surrounding area will remain undeveloped (and with lower property values and thus less tax revenue for the city).

Hopefully the city will see the benefit from getting this site remediated and go after additional federal and provincial funds for brownfields to cover this cost. Looks like Bratina and Merulla might vote against, with the mayor onside. We will know soon.

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