General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[MidTowner]

Or can this situation remain unresolved for another decade?

I bet it can, unfortunately. I agree with you that the City should undertake the remediation and add it to the current owner's liability. I've personally never seen anything resembling an estimate of the cost to remediate- it's always described in terms like "hefty," "significant," whatever- and it's a bit shameful that this has drawn on for so long. I personally think the City of Kitchener needs to get creative with this one, and undertake the remediation itself, and zone it in a way that would make it attractive to a potential buyer. The neighbourhood will likely not push back on redevelopment after suffering the toxic waste dump (you're right that that's exactly what was being done here for quite a while) for years.