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CAMBRIDGE — A dispute over compensation for land to build roundabouts on Franklin Boulevard will be before the Ontario Land Tribunal later this year, a decade after expropriation of the property commenced.
A hearing date has been set at the tribunal, which decides land planning disputes, for Nov. 20 with about 14 days scheduled for the proceeding.
In an email, lawyer John Doherty from Gowling WLG, representing the property owners, said he could not comment on the application while it is before the tribunal.
A regional report in 2014 said the Region of Waterloo was required to pay property owners 100 per cent of the appraised value of their property. The region budgeted $54 million to transform Franklin from 2015 to 2021.
The properties expropriated by the region were a combined 6.9 acres of vacant land on the west side of Franklin between Main Street and McLaren Avenue at 350 and 352 Franklin.
Regional council authorized staff to start expropriation proceedings in August 2013 for the first phase of a massive overhaul of Franklin Boulevard to improve traffic flow.
Phase 1 of the Franklin Boulevard corridor improvements was from south of Main Street to north of Clyde Road and from south of Bishop Street to north of Pinebush Road and started in 2015.
The first year of construction spanned five kilometres and included six roundabouts.
The region expropriated land from 79 property owners for the first phase. The property at 350 and 352 Franklin was taken in part and for permanent and temporary easements.
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