Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 6, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fri 2000 local a Chipman still seeks Arena downtown Ybaldo Santon Moose owner Mark Chipman said he still wants to build a new Home for his hockey team but the Deal is far from being Chipman has been meeting regularly with representatives of the three Levels of government and his own backers Over the last few months As they try to Struc Ture a there have been no significant developments but were still working on Chipman Chipman had said he and his partners would be willing to contribute million towards the Cost of a lion the owners of the former downtown Eaton building have offered the site to Chipman and have put on hold any plans to redevelop the property until Chipman says Hes giving Chipman said that Hes received positive Public sup port from the doer government and mayor Glen adding there is no deadline to the Chipman said the Moose Are in the final year of their lease at the Winnipeg adding Hes negotiating an Extension that will provide him enough time to build a new Home for his team if building a downtown Arena is not then the Extension would be for a lot longer Chipman retail Boom Sparks pressure to Widen bustling stadium area Street Stop Empress City told by Bruce Owen the City is under pressure to Widen Empress Street North of Winnipeg stadium to Deal with increased traffic tie ups caused by skyrocketing com Mercial development in the Over the past the Polo Park area has become Winnipeg retail and entertainment yet the City has not yet improved Access for resulting in frustrating traffic jams during Rush hour of Peak weekend shop Ping Minfei seriously concerned about said Canad inns head its Grid the whole area is Canad inns is wrapping up a million renovation to the old Polo Park inn at Matthews Avenue and to be open by mid Ledochowski said with the new including a new swimming water slides and banquet up to More vehicles will be coming to the area Dur ing Busy its going to be he he added the hotel Chain looked at building a Bridge across mands Creek to Empress to improve but temporarily shelved the idea because of and to work More closely with the City to redevelop the Street and properly landscape along the traffic problems magnified almost overnight with the recent opening of Walmart at Ellice Avenue and local consultant Paul Mcneil of and Lea engineering and planners who worked on developing the Walmart said the Widen ing of Empress is Long the Polo Park area is now the Centre of retail activity in the Mcneil its taken the City a Little while to acknowledge that that shift has taken Mcneil said while building the new it became evident Empress handle the traffic at Busy times times that Are compounded during Blue bomber Home games or Winnipeg Arena he said the City is aware of the but is limited in what it can do because of the Widen ing Empress is not he that due to two problems mands Creek needs to be stabilized before Empress is and Many properties like toys r the Manitoba lotteries corporation offices and Caa Manito either have their buildings or parking lots abutting compelling the City to acquire Pri vate land if Empress is to be City traffic management Engi Neer Andrew Chimko said the problem is also caused by zoning the land in the area is already zoned so developers dont have to pay for Street upgrades like they do if there building on land that has to be rezoned for commercial Pur he also said the City wants to hire a consultant in the new year to look at the problem More in but added there is no Money in the five year capital budget to pay for widening Mcneil noted the City is collect ing huge tax Revenue from the big Box retailers that have set up shop North of Polo these retailers have made considerable he there is an expectation to reinvest these funds the City collects in regional Street improve the Issue was discussed yester Day at the City Centre Community committee local la Maryann Mihaychuk and Dwight Macneil of the 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