The Kingsway Entertainment District was killed by city council this year, which joined a municipal election and the city pushing forward with the Junction East Cultural Hub as Greater Sudbury’s top municipal news stories of 2022
The municipal news cycle was a busy one in 2022, with the greatest coverage centered on the now-cancelled Kingsway Entertainment District project and the Oct. 24 civic election.
On the campaign trail, Ward 11 Coun. Bill Leduc was accused of breaking election rules by using a Grandparents’ Day event as a campaign function, and Ward 3 Coun. Gerry Montpellier appeared to have incurred an election expense prior to his nomination paperwork being filed, which is against the Municipal Elections Act.
The Kingsway Entertainment District was a long-proposed municipal arena project west of the city landfill site at The Kingsway projected to be accompanied by a private hotel and casino. With the project killed, the new city council will need to decide what they’re going to do with the approximately $85 million left of the $90 million the previous city council borrowed to pay it. Plus, there’s the question of what to do with the city’s need for a new arena, which the KED was anticipated to replace.
The 71-year-old Sudbury Community Arena is holding up quite well, according to the city, but will require millions of dollars of renovations within the coming years. The KED was proposed to have a lot more amenities than the existing arena.City council greenlit the Junction East Cultural Hub project in late June by approving a budget of $98.5 million.
The city has already been working toward making the project a reality by relocating an Enbridge gas line and conducting geotechnical work at the site of a parking lot off of Shaughnessy Street between Wacky Wings and Alexandria’s Restaurant.
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