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Originally Posted by Colin May
Right in the middle of Black people living in public housing !!!!
What message would that send ? Give your head a shake.
Put the police station in Bedford or Woodside, the land is cheaper and good access to 100 series highways.. The existing site must be worth at least $20 million.
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I believe that police headquarters should be located centrally. It doesn't have to be downtown but it should be located near the law courts with easy access to major thoroughfares.
Brunswick Street is close to the law courts, just outside of downtown, and has easy access to both bridges and other thoroughfares. It's also roughly the same size lot as the existing HQ. The site is also locate at the edge of a residential area so impacts there are minimized. The land to the immediate west is commercial, the south is churches, the north is parkland, and the east is a narrow strip of residential, churches, and Ocean Towers.
The fact that Uniacke Square is located nearby is not a factor. The community already has a police office and a lot of the police already use the local streets to get to the existing HQ which is only a few blocks south.
Any site on the Peninsula is going to have an impact on residential areas. St Pats - A happens to be have a relatively small impact on residential. Only a site at Cogswell, the Commons, or Kempt Road could achieve a better residential buffer.
Point is moot anyways. The site is now in private hands and recent events have likely put a hold on planning for new police headquarters.