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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Feb 2006, p. 6

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...to 265 Weber Street N. Waterl00 (next to Swiss Chalet) Walkway to be constructed in a few weeks, says city planner Continued from page 1 Motils 19â€"886â€"6800 â€"~â€" MET |9â€"886â€"3404 "They‘ve made _ no accommodation for safety prior to â€" this," said McGough. PRINTING GROUP lA se Meredith Taylor,13, learns the art of improvisation dur ing the first of three acting workshops for kids presentâ€" ed by the Kâ€"W Children‘s Drama Workshop, Saturday at Waterloo‘s Adult Recreâ€" ation Centre. "We anticipate that it will be constructed over the next few weeks," said Trotâ€" ter. "Obviously we‘re trying to get that open because when you start to remove parking spaces from King Street it‘s nice to have an alternative for the store owners." Rob Trotter, a developâ€" ment planner with the city who sent out the letter, said the city has negotiated a temporary wal@vay with First Gulf to be built by First United Church. As for when the tempoâ€" rary walkway way will be open between King Street and the back lot, hée has received no assurances. steel overhead for months now all of a sudden it‘s a safety concern." Thinking on her feet As for the temporary LARGEST SELECTION OF FLORSHEIMS IN CANADA @Southworks 64 Grand Ave., Cambridge Once that perception is changed, McGough said, it‘s hard to change it backâ€"just ask the City of Kitchener For McGough, and othâ€" ers, while the number of patrons hasn‘t been affected yet due to good marketing and other things they‘ve done to lessen the impact, the construction may be changing people‘s percepâ€" tion of the core. "There‘s a lot of underâ€" ground duct work that has to go in under where the spaces are located now," said Trotter. "That‘s the reaâ€" son for the closureâ€"they need room to work and put that infrastructure in." removal of the spots, Trotter said that while safety is an issue the developers also need access to underground utilities. 39°> ”Northd Auto Boduvss:ts Complete Collision and Refinishing Service 430 Albert Street, Waterloo 88 hat 33100 CLOSEOUT SHOES ~aees o ae: 71 wl * > ":;; \“ § "If they came and told us they were doing this we would have had time to adjust to this change. Instead we‘re being handed a letter telling us, ‘Sorry, this is what we‘re doing.‘" "We‘ve tried to explain that we‘ve done everything we could reasonably do to help the process but it‘s been dictatorialâ€"there‘s been no discussion. "It‘s the aggravation that we‘ve seen a huge peak in," said McGough. "I‘ve tried to explain to members of city council that the first three to five minutes of every guest visit who steps through the door is, ‘What‘s going on with the parking?* which is spending millions of taxpayers‘ dollars to make its downtown more inviting. BRAND NAMES... FLORSHEIM DOCKERS WOLVERINE WOLVERINE GOLF VOLKS WALKERS PROSPECTOR

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