BOYLE STREET HUB CENTRE ON HOLD

The proposed Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) Hub Centre in Strathcona/West Ritchie has been put on hold because their development permit has been revoked. The reason the permit was revoked has to do with parking lot security and surveillance issue and could possibly be reapplied for.

People living and operating businesses near the proposed location, have long voiced their concern saying they fear an increase in crime, a decrease in safety and the overall deterioration of the neighbourhood.

Rob Bligh with the Scona Concerned Citizens group says “when you put the people who have consumed illegal street drugs that are untested, unknown in quantity and impact, and then they leave the facility out to the general public, it creates danger, so it’s all about location”.