Stadium construction appeal collapses

By: Bartley Kives Posted: 2:33 PM CDT Friday, Jun. 25, 2010

Construction on a new home for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers may proceed as scheduled, as an appeal against a new $115-million, 33,000-seat stadium at the University of Manitoba failed today at city hall.

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Several dozen Fort Richmond and University Heights residents oppose the construction of the Canadian Football League facility at the northwest corner of Chancellor Matheson Drive and University Crescent due to concerns about noise, traffic, parking and hooliganism.

Three of them took a formal appeal to city council’s appeals committee today, but saw it quashed by Couns. Gord Steeves (St. Vital), Russ Wyatt (Transcona) and Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan).

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The councillors did, however, tie the issuance of a project permit to the completion and approval of a stadium-area traffic study that’s already underway.