East Side Area

One of the Region's key roles is to manage future growth in Waterloo Region and ensure necessary municipal infrastructure and services are in place, such as water and wastewater.

In June 2009, Regional Council approved the new Regional Official Plan with approximately 300 hectares of land designated for employment uses in what is known as the East Side Area. The East Side Area is located on the eastern edge of Waterloo Region, at the border of Woolwich Township and Cambridge, near the Region of Waterloo International Airport.

In November 2010, the Region began a Master Environmental Servicing Plan (MESP) and Community Plan for the East Side Area in cooperation with the City of Cambridge, the Township of Woolwich, the City of Kitchener and the Grand River Conservation Authority. This integrated process will include:

• Municipal Water and Wastewater Service Assessment
• Transportation System Assessment
• Subwatershed Study and Master Drainage Plan for Freeport Creek and Tributary to the Grand
• Utilities Assessment
• Fiscal Impact Analysis
• Staging and Implementation Strategy
• East Side Stage 1 - Cambridge Community Plan

Your input is important!

Public consultation will also be an important part of this process. Residents, landowners and existing industries in the area will be asked for their opinion at public input meetings. There will also be presentations to the various councils, agencies and advisory committees.

Information about the MESP, and future public input opportunities, will be posted below, as they become available.

Region of Waterloo East Side Lands (Stage 1) Master Environmental Servicing and Community Plan - Public Input Centre materials:

• Display panels
• Presentation
• Handout