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Plan to demolish Middlebrook bridge to be reviewed by Centre Wellington Woolwich awaiting report on costing, as structure is a shared resource that spans a boundary road between the townships Steve Kannon Observer Staff
Elmira’s Karen Meissner announced her NDP candidacy Wednesday at Gibson Park, where she was joined by Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife. Justine Fraser
Local trustee to run for Ontario NDP Karen Meissner is the party’s candidate for Kitchener-Conestoga Justine Fraser Observer Staff
CURRENTLY THE AREA’S SCHOOL BOARD trustee, Karen Meissner has her sights set on Queen’s Park, announcing this week she’ll run as the NDP candidate for Kitchener-Conestoga in the next provincial election. She launched that bid at an event Wednesday morning at Gibson Park in Elmira, where she was joined by Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife. The park is home to Kate’s Place for Everyone, the accessible playground
named for her niece. “I am very honoured and excited to announce that I am running for the candidacy for NDP in Kitchener-Conestoga. I am a school board trustee, I have children, I’ve raised them in this community, and I see firsthand the cuts to education and the impact it’s had on families, on education workers and on children in our schools. I know we can do better. I’m here to do better,” said Meissner, who’s called Elmira home for the past 14 years. “I think that the NDP
team in Waterloo Region – Catherine Fife in Waterloo, Laura Mae Lindo in Kitchener Centre, Marjorie Knight from Cambridge – are a strong team of women, and I’m deeply honoured to stand amongst them, along with [party leader] Andrea Horwath. Provincially, we are making decisions that matter to families.” Meissner has served as a Waterloo Region District School Board trustee since 2018. She is a former small business owner and professional photographer. Currently studying at
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Wilfrid Laurier University, she describes herself as an advocate for education. “What I’ve seen as a trustee, and as a parent, cuts to education have been devastating and it’s been really hard on families. I’ve had a front-row seat to that, so that’s the number-one issue facing members of the community, along with affordable housing – it’s very difficult for families in the region, in Kitchener-Conestoga. Health care, we see how vital that has been throughout the → NDP 5
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THE BRIDGE IS STILL SLATED for demolition, but residents looking to save the old steel span on Middlebrook Place got some good news last week when Centre Wellington Township agreed to review costing options. The Save Middlebrook Bridge Community Action Group, which advocates for rehabilitating the structure for pedestrian use, challenged figures used to justify keeping the bridge closed for future removal. Meeting November 22, Centre Wellington councillors agreed to the group’s request for a review. Revised costing for removing the bridge put the figure at $720,000, up from $700,000, to be split with Woolwich Township, as the bridge spans the boundary between the two municipalities. In a report to Centre
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Wellington council, manager of engineering Adam Gilmore noted the environmental assessment (EA) process completed in 2020 put the cost of rehabilitating the bridge for pedestrian and cycling use at $1.6 million, while repairs to allow only for pedestrians would be $1.2 million. Last week’s council decision applies only to a review, with no promise of reversing plans to demolish the structure. The decision may come down to funding. Centre Wellington’s current 10-year capital plan for bridges and culverts calls for $28.5 million in spending, including $350,000 for its share of the removal of the Middlebrook bridge in 2029. A dozen of its 111 bridges and culverts are currently closed. While the citizens’ group made a pitch to Woolwich council earlier this year, there’s been no movement → BRIDGE 7
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