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Winnipeg council approves rapid transit land expropriation

Winnipeg city councillors have unanimously endorsed the expropriation of a number of parcels of land to move ahead with the second phase of the rapid transit corridor.
The city's expropriation plan, approved by council on Wednesday, will help make way for the expansion of the existing rapid transit corridor from Jubilee Avenue to the University of Manitoba. (Gary Solilak/CBC)

Winnipeg city councillors have unanimously endorsed the expropriation of a number of parcels of land to move ahead with the second phase of the rapid transit corridor.

The expropriation plan, approved by council on Wednesday, will include a piece of land that the city had swapped away five years ago.

The 25-hectare property in question, located in the Parker Lands area, was swapped by the City of Winnipeg to Gem Equities in a controversial land deal in 2009.

Attempts to negotiate with the landowner have failed so far and the city is preparing to expropriate the land if a deal cannot be reached.

In exchange, the city acquired four hectares of land it needed for a transit garage.

Now, the land is needed to build the Cockburn-Calrossie sewer drainage project, in a bid to prevent basement flooding in nearby homes.

The Parker Lands decision is linked to the rapid transit expansion in that a small part of that land is needed for the transitway extension.