Dump trucks filled with large boulders lined up along the Rail Trail on Weddell Place on Friday morning, had 91大黄鸭 residents concerned that more changes were again taking place at Tent City.
Tent City is the name of an area that refers to the city-maintained outdoor sheltering site located along the Rail Trail off Richter Street in the city's North End.
In March, bylaw commenced a deep clean and site rehabilitation to restructure Tent City after it was announced that the current model was not working and was 鈥渦nsafe for both those who are unsheltered and their housed neighbours.鈥�
At that time, Tent City was reduced to 60 sites, and the footprint of each site was reduced. Full-time security was put into place along with fences around the area. Residents of Tent City also had to abide by a code of conduct to remain at the site.
On July 25, fences appeared to have been taken down, and in their place were large boulders.
Several people had contacted Capital News on Friday, stating they were concerned the rocks were intended to confine the residents of Tent City into the space.
鈥淭he purpose was to improve sight lines for motorists along Weddell Place and staff working in the site. We also placed some rock in the area to improve and protect sensitive landscaping,鈥� stated 91大黄鸭 bylaw.
The work occurred over two half days without interruption to site operations.
According to bylaw, all users of Tent City were given 鈥渁dequate notification to have minimal impact on site use and were given safe egress from the area.鈥�
These recent changes to the area around Tent City do not appear to impact the regulations set into place in March.
