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The Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo may finally own a forâ€" mer CP Rail corridor which links the two cities by next week. In November, 1993, the two cities‘ councils jointly appointed Kitchener‘s land purchasing officer, Gert Andersen, to make a deal with CP to acquire the 21â€"acre corridor. The former fiveâ€"kilometre line runs from Kent Avenue in Kitchener northwest to the corner of Allen Street West and Caroline Street in Waterloo. Waterloo Coun. Joan McKinnon said during a council committee mecting Monday that she understood the deal with CP might close this Friday. However Andersen said Tuesday municipal officials involved with the deal are still waiting for required signatures from CP Rail officials based in Montreal. Cities may soon own CP Rail corridor tor of supply and services, Jim Walsh, last Councillors concerned The court case was settled in 1993 and London had to pay a $5 million liability settlement. "I find this a really scary situation and 1 don‘t know how we got to this point," McKenty told council. _ ie "I think we better take this really, really seriously," he said. "There‘s a real problem Romanick said last week there are two main reasons why the number of outâ€" standing building permits in the city is continuing to grow. First of all, with fewer employees the planning department is finding it hard to keep up with the number of building inspections that need to be done. Secondly, over the years some builders and building permit holders have not been asking for inspections required after initial building CARRIER OF THE WEEK Name Postal Code. Chronicle sessecess cessescecsnesse00 6 se es se 66008008 68 nna n n en 8 668 6n n nn n e 66868 6n nn 8 permits have been issued. As a result, some final building inspecâ€" tions have not been done. Romanick said the planning department is currently looking into just what type of permits are outstanding. "What we sense is that most of them, in our view, are not lifeâ€"threatening situaâ€" tions," he said. "Some of them could be small renovations, additions or car ports. However until we‘ve done this analysis, there may be some that are more signifiâ€" cant structures and that‘s something that we‘ll be determining." In order to combat the problem, the department has asked for money in the city‘s 1996 budget to hire another employee to fill one of the current vacanâ€" cies. And it is currently in the process of putting together a new building bylaw that may help more clearly define what buildâ€" ing inspectors‘ actual responsibilities are. "We had that (Friday) as a target date but we were just talkâ€" ing about it this morning and it looks like some of the signaâ€" tures we won‘t have in time," Andersen said. "So I would think it will probably extend into the following week." "But we‘re hopeful it will then come together," he said. "I think we have all the major things under control." CP accepted the cities‘ offer to purchase the rail line this past June for a combified $720,000, plus $60,000 to pay for a soils investigation and $65,000 for surveying fees. _ Of that Flrg!;Irt, Waterloo was to provide $75,133 plus $18,000 for environmental testing for 0.77 acres of land. _ The two cities would like to use the corridor as a pedesâ€" trian/bicycle trail and in the longâ€"term possibly as a rapid transit route or highâ€"tech service corridor. Phone # (Continued from page 1) Earn extra money delivering the Waterloo Chronicle after school on WEDNESDAYS. Paper carriers are needed in the following areas . .. 250 â€" 300 KEATS WAY BLUE SPRINGS DRIVE 137 & 139 UNIVERSITY AVE. MOORE / RODGER / WATERLOO GRAHAM / MOORE / WATERLOO HIGH STREET ERB ST. E. / DEVITT AVE. ELGIN CR. / NOECKER / WEBER GEORGE ST. WILLOW ST. BEECHWOOD DR. / BEECHWOOD PL SUNNYDALE PL. Romanick also said the department is considering implementing some kind of systematic blitz on builders and permit holders who currently have outstanding permits. The blitz would initially just take the form of an information campaign rather than inspectors levying fines, he said. Finally, the department is looking at ways it may improve service to the buildâ€" ing sector both in terms of the issuance of building permits and in subsequent inspections, Romanick said. As for whether council may cut the money necessary for a new planning employee in the citys 1996 budget, Hodâ€" dle, council‘s liaison with planning, said he hopes not. "We can find some cuts in other ways where we don‘t have to cut this or sacrifice this," he said. "Because there‘s no way we should be sacrificing public safety." Age â€" ppramy) = i] yâ€"W SURPLW® 1 " 666‘\.1';6\%3.:;2.[‘3\:{%3;\%9! HEEEEGEERRRHRRIIHE * PÂ¥ * .. Naidt: 2 €qopim® slli! g d * U L «#,* i‘ APPOINTMENTS PREFERRED <‘ ‘ CLOSED MONDAYS. 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