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GuelphToday

Thank you to Council for listening to all the emails and delegates on this important issue and for reaching the best decision for Guelph. This bridge has been part of the City's long-term planning for years. Its heritage value was extensively studied, and Council unanimously approved its designation just six weeks ago! Staff have confirmed that rehabilitation is already accommodated within the existing capital infrastructure plan—it is not a new tax increase.Council also invested significant public resources to reach this point through engineering studies, environmental assessment, heritage planning, formal public engagement, consultant work and hundreds of staff hours. Staff further advised that reversing course would require additional costs, hundreds more staff hours, and new heritage processes.Reasonable people can disagree on priorities, but long-term infrastructure and heritage decisions deserve to be based on facts, planning, and good governance—not election sound bites.

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