NCC to hold public consultations on Civic hospital location
Heritage minister had asked NCC to review all federal lands for suitable campus location
The National Capital Commission plans to host an open house about where to put a new Civic campus of the Ottawa Hospital on Sept. 22.
The public meeting will take place at the Canadian War Museum, the NCC announced by Twitter.
Save the date! Public consultations on <a href="https://twitter.com/OttawaHospital">@OttawaHospital</a> Civic Campus site review begin Sept 22 with open house <a href="https://twitter.com/CanWarMuseum">@CanWarMuseum</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottnews?src=hash">#ottnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottawa?src=hash">#ottawa</a>
—@NCC_CCNDetails for the public meeting are still being worked out, according to an NCC official, but will likely include a presentation that will explain the criteria and review potential locations. There will also be a public question-and-answer session.
More details of the open house will be announced at the NCC's board meeting scheduled for Sept. 12.
The time of the event hasn't been confirmed yet, but the open house will probably start in late afternoon and continue into the evening.
NCC told to review federal lands for suitable location
Last spring, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly asked the NCC to review all federally owned land in the capital region to determine a location for the Civic in response to increasing controversy over the hospital wanting to build a new 24-hectare campus on research fields at the Central Experimental Farm.
The NCC must recommend a site to the federal government by the end of November.