A rendering of a Sprung Structure provided by the City of Ottawa.
Temporary tent-like structures to house hundreds of asylum seekers in Ottawa could appear in Alta Vista or Barrhaven by the end of next summer, city councillors for those wards say.'Sprung Structures' like the one in this rendering could appear in Alta Vista and Barrhaven by the end of next summer, city councillors for those areas say.
Alta Vista Coun. Marty Carr announced on Monday that a site in her ward is among the shortlisted options. It's located in an industrial area at the corner of St. Laurent Boulevard and Innes Road."We already have these people in our community … and it's much more humane way than for people to be living in an aging community centre," she later told CBC.
"They arrive in Ubers, they arrive in taxis and they arrive with two suitcases. We need a place to receive them," she said.Barrhaven East Coun. Wilson Lo told CBC another potential site is in Barrhaven, though he didn't specify where. Lo opposes the idea. The city has submitted a $105-million funding request to the federal government to pay for the facility and its operation. That amount includes a request of $32.6 million to cover capital costs.
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