A new transit hub in Kitchener took an important step toward development on November 19.

Project officials revealed the latest design plans for the facility, and have turned the process over to the public for review.

This latest step in the process is the product of nearly a year’s worth of design work. At the last public meeting on the project, designers presented two concepts for feedback. As a result of that process, regional council endorsed one for further development in June.

Project director Ellen McGaghey told CBC News that the next round of public feedback will be solicited through the Engage Waterloo Region website and through a virtual public meeting on December 3.

"On December 3, once people have had an opportunity to look at the drawings, we'll be holding a virtual public meeting … and we'll have the project architect and project team members providing a walk-through of the updated designs and answering questions," she said.

The new transit hub, to be located at King and Victoria Street in Kitchener, will connect ION, GRT, GO, VIA, pedestrians and cyclists in one convenient location. It will also be the region's connection to the Toronto-Waterloo Innovation Corridor.

“The transit hub will be a fundamentally important Canadian infrastructure asset, anchoring the west end of the Toronto-Waterloo Region Innovation Corridor and seamlessly connecting it to a new LRT system that offers last mile mobility within a globally renown tech ecosystem,” said Tony LaMantia, president and CEO of the Waterloo Region Economic Development Corporation. “It will more strongly position Waterloo Region as a magnet for future-proof talent, and it will improve social and economic life in our community. For these reasons, I commend this project with genuine enthusiasm.”

The construction tender is expected to be released in the spring, with work on the building scheduled to start shortly thereafter.