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New hearing date for KED planning appeal expected to be set on Wednesday

COVID-19 delayed hearing date that was originally scheduled for May 5
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The Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT) will be looking to set a hearing date on June 10 at 9 a.m. in the matter of the Kingsway Entertainment District.

The Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT) will be looking to set a hearing date on June 10 at 9 a.m. in the matter of the Kingsway Entertainment District.

The original hearing date had been set for May 5, but was cancelled due to COVID-19, and a phone meeting this Wednesday will be aimed at setting a new hearing date.

Standing in support of the Kingsway Entertainment District are Sudbury Wolves owner Dario Zulich and Gateway Casinos, while local businessman Tom Fortin of Casino Free Sudbury, Laurentian University professor Christopher Duncanson-Hales, activist Steve May and the downtown Sudbury Business Improvement Association remain in opposition.

The Minnow Lake Restoration Group had their Kingsway Entertainment District appeal dismissed in April.

Casino Free Sudbury has filed an application with the Superior Court of Justice on issues related to the process that the city followed, which the planning tribunal ruled was outside of its jurisdiction.

Hearing dates at the Superior Court of Justice are scheduled for June 29 and 30; both dates will be virtual hearings that will be open to the public.

Greater Sudbury city council is scheduled to get an update on the KED on Tuesday, June 9 during their regular meeting, as executive director of strategic initiatives Ian Wood will be providing a large projects update.

Approximate project costs associated with the Kingsway Entertainment District to date are $2.31 million, or 2.3 per cent of the project budget. Ongoing engineering work has been delayed by two months due to COVID-19 responds and the engineers are preparing to move forward quickly once legal obstacles have been lifted.


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