The Uptown Waterloo BIA will be hosting an official street opening Saturday

Uptown Waterloo is celebrating the reopening of King Street, with the completion of the second phase of the streetscape project.

The Uptown Waterloo BIA will be hosting an official street opening Saturday to thank businesses and residents during construction.

Shovels went into the ground on this project back in April 2017, which followed long-term ION construction through the Uptown Core.

Now complete, the streetscape project has improved underground infrastructure in the area, and has made King Street more accessible for all types of transportation with the installation of benches, separated bike lanes, and wider sidewalks for patios.

Bike racks, planters and the thematic LED lights along King Street are one of the key touches to the project, which were recently changed to green last Friday for the Global Climate Strike.

The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday at the corner of King Street and Bridgeport Road.

