VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver says the remaining seven residents of an encampment at a Downtown Eastside park have a week to pack up their belongings and leave, or they must remove their tents each day as the area returns to regular daytime use.
A statement from the city says people may continue sheltering at CRAB Park overnight, but structures must be taken down by 8 a.m. each day starting Nov. 7.The city says it confirmed the date of the upcoming closure of the designated area for sheltering in the park and a return to regular daytime use by the general public following a week of consultation with the encampment residents.
The city says workers are now focused on supporting residents in the move away from the waterfront park. The earlier statement said"ongoing non-compliance" at the encampment continued to pose health and safety risks, as well as an"unsustainable" strain on the park board's resources, and concern was growing as winter approaches.
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