Agreement made for new intermodal transit terminal in Guelph, Ontario

An agreement between Canadian National and the City of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, closed this week allowing the ity to proceed with its plans for a new intermodal transit terminal on Carden Street. The $1.5 million purchase allows work to resume on-site in the next four to six weeks. The city now owns the land it needs to build the open-air transit terminal. The city already purchased the existing Greyhound station and plans to remove the building to make room for the new transit platform. A pending agreement with VIA Rail is expected to transfer ownership of the VIA Rail station to the City of Guelph this summer. An estimated $1 million dollar interior renovation project will preserve the building's National Heritage status, improve accessibility and allow the station to accommodate all VIA Rail, Greyhound, GO Transit and Guelph Transit users. The $8 million dollar intermodal transit terminal is one of 25 projects that make up the city's Guelph Remastered Infrastructure Upgrade Program which is funded in part by Provincial and Federal Infrastructure Stimulus Funds.