Sudbury resident Tom Fortin has abandoned his appeal of a Superior Court decision that rejected his arguments that the city was biased and acted in bad faith in its decision to select the Kingsway as the site for a new arena and events centre.

Justice Gregory Ellies dismissed Fortin’s challenge of the project in a 36-page decision released in September. Fortin filed an appeal of the decision in early October.

Sudbury.com has learned that on Oct. 30, Fortin decided to abandon his appeal. With this move, the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT) process, which was on hold as well as delayed by the pandemic, can move ahead.

At an LPAT hearing into the matter in September, Gordon Petch, Fortin’s lawyer in both the Superior Court case and the tribunal process, asked the LPAT not to return its decision until the Superior Court appeal had been heard and addressed.

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