City hall crowd opposes halfway house
Posted Jul 26, 2010 12:28 pm.
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It was standing room only at City Hall council chambers Monday with residents of Parkhill and Stanley Park speaking out against a proposed halfway house in their neighbourhood.
The proposal is to put it in the Manchester Industrial area but residents say that’s still too close.
More than 50 speakers registered to voice their concerns on the issue. The vast majority are in opposition.
The proponents of the halfway house got the floor first, including Jan Fox of Correctional Services Canada. She says the location, just east of Macleod Trail in the 4400 block, is a solution for everyone.
“A solution that would be suitable for the offenders and the means that they have, so they have transportation, they’re able to get to work, were able to get to programs, and were able to see their parole officers and we were able to get to them,” she says.
She also says they wanted a solution that wouldn’t cause a great deal of concern to the community.
The proposed site is nearly 2 km away from the nearest school but less than 1 km from Stanley Park with access to C-Train directly through the industrial area.
