Alphabet Inc's Sidewalk Labs unit secured conditional approval to move forw...
TORONTO - Alphabet Inc’s Sidewalk Labs unit secured conditional approval to move forward in the process to build a smart city in Toronto after agreeing to develop a smaller area than initially proposed and make concessions on data collection and privacy, the city’s waterfront development board said on Thursday.
The project will now go through a formal evaluation and further public consultation before a final vote on March 31, 2020 by Waterfront Toronto, a corporation funded by the city, provincial and federal governments. “While a final Board decision whether or not to proceed has yet to be made, we are pleased that we are now able to move to the evaluation stage,” Stephen Diamond, chair of the Waterfront Toronto board of directors, said in a statement.
Waterfront Toronto has a mandate to approve projects, although some aspects - including sales of government land - would still have to be approved by the relevant level of government.
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