INSIDE TRACK EXCLUSIVE: On Tuesday, Sept. 7, Fort Erie (ON) City Planning Committee gave unanimous approval to amend the zoning to allow the proposed Canadian Motor Speedway (CMS), which is to be located adjacent to the QEW Highway, near the Canadian border town. All that is left is for the group to address the few remaining appeals related to the project, at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) level, and provide further details on some of the engineering studies previously submitted.
Project Director & Partner Azhar Mohammad told Inside Track that with the Ft. Erie council vote, "a huge, huge milestone has been achieved."
On Monday, Sept. 13, Ft. Erie will enact the zoning by-law and after that, according to Mohammad, things will start to proceed in terms of the process of building a world-class motorsports complex on Canadian soil, with an eye to opening in 2012.
"There is a lot of work to do with respect to Site Plan approval and the actual construction start," continued Mohammad, "but it's a process now; there are no more gray areas. Jeff Gordon and our entire team want to thank the millions of fans who have stuck with us throughout the process and we look forward to delivering something exceptional for them soon."
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