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w at er lo oc hr on ic le .c a W at er lo o C hr on ic le | T hu rs da y, Ju ne 28 ,2 01 8 | 6 We offer a number of payment options including online banking, e-post and pre-authorized payments to make it easy to pay your tax or water bills from the comfort of your home. For payment options for your water utility bills visit waterloo.ca/waterpayment and for your tax bills visit waterloo.ca/taxpayment. Did you know you can pay your tax and water bills online? PAY ONLINE The City of Waterloo 2018 final residential property tax due dates are July 3, 2018 and September 4, 2018. Final tax bills have been mailed or sent via e-post. Please note, you are responsible for paying your taxes on or before the due dates. Non-receipt of your property tax bill does not exempt you from taxes and/or late payment penalty charges. If you have not received your tax bill, please let us know by contacting revenue services at revenue@waterloo.ca or calling at 519-747-8718. PAYING BY MAIL? Please remit the stub of your tax bill along with your payment to: City of Waterloo Revenue Services 100 Regina St. S. PO Box 337 Station Waterloo Waterloo, ON N2J 4A8 PAYING IN-PERSON? Payment can be made Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Waterloo City Centre (100 Regina St. S.) Waterloo Service Centre (265 Lexington Crt.) Did you receive your 2018 final residential property tax bill? P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941 waterloo.ca/publicnotices The Region of Waterloo is moving forward with the proposed plan for Stage 2 of LRT, but coun- cillors also agreed that more study needs to be done on one specific area. The region's planning and works committee agreed Tuesday to pro- ceed with the proposed plan, but to further study the entry into Cambridge, specifically in Preston, which has been a conten- tious area with nearby residents. Part of the reason for at least approving the route in principal on Tuesday was to ensure that the re- gion could apply for fund- ing through the provincial and federal governments in a timely manner. "We'll do that review, and in the best way possi- ble; we'll meet the con- cerns that are there, but at the same time, we have to make sure we have fund- ing," said Ken Seiling, re- gional chair. "In this world, we know that pro- ject funding for capital projects comes at interest- ing times." The endorsed route runs from the Fairway sta- tion, following old High- way 8, and going down Shantz Hill. The route has a stop in Preston at King and Eagle streets, before taking a turn north and eventually heading south down Hes- peler Road, before ending up in Galt. With the motion passed, regional staff will be able to move forward with finalizing station lo- cations and names, identi- fying locations for power substations, determining location of a maintenance and storage facility and preparing the business case. That business case would then need to be tak- en to the provincial and federal governments for funding consideration. Two delegations spoke about how the route is not satisfactory, specifically around the Preston area, but one also spoke for the proposed route. A preliminary design will come back to council in 2019, and at that time staff will proceed with the formal part of the project, which includes applying for funding. Construction of the sec- ond portion of the LRT system is estimated to be 10 years out. NEWS An artist rendering of the proposed LRT at Shantz Hill. Photo courtesy of Region of Waterloo Region agrees to further study of Preston stops in Stage 2 of LRT The current plan will move forward, but staff has been directed to further investigate options in hotly contested Preston ADAM JACKSON ajackson@waterloochronicle.ca