City of Peterborough Expects Residents to Move Into 50-Unit Modular Bridge Housing Community Later This Month

The City of Peterborough expects Residents of the new Modular Bridge Housing Community to start moving into the 50 units in this month following the completion of installation and construction of the units.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The inspection of the electrical hookups to each unit — which all have electric heating and cooling systems — needs to be completed, according to a press release. The City is also finalizing agreements with the operators of the site.

The City’s emergency shelter network, operated by community partner agencies, offers 106 shelter beds. The overflow shelter bed program, temporarily moved to the Peterborough Public Library at 345 Aylmer St., had about 24 beds available each night in October.

As part of the emergency winter response plan, the City has also agreed with One City to open a new overnight drop-in space that will open at the Trinity Centre on Reid Street following renovations, which are nearing completion.

The Modular Bridge Housing Community and the new overnight drop-in space are part of the updated homelessness services strategy that Council approved in May last year.

To facilitate the construction and installation of the Modular Bridge Housing Community on a former municipal parking lot on Wolfe Street, Council approved in September a temporary amendment to the City of Peterborough’s Parks and Facilities By-law and Trespass By-law to temporarily allow tenting on the municipal parking lot at the southeast corner of Aylmer and Wolfe streets.

Temporarily allowing tenting on the property at Aylmer and Wolfe Streets is intended to provide a clear and safe work environment for the construction and installation of the Modular Bridge Housing Community on the nearby Rehill Parking Lot on Wolfe Street.

The temporary amendment to the Parks and Facilities By-law and Trespass By-law was scheduled to expire on Nov. 15. Council has extended the temporary amendment until Jan. 5 to allow for the completion of the construction and installation of the Modular Bridge Housing Community, the execution of the required agreements all with the intent that residents start moving into the units in November.

When the temporary amendment to the by-laws to allow tenting on the property at Aylmer and Wolfe Streets is revoked, anyone who is tenting on the property will be informed of the change – that tenting is no longer allowed on the property or any other City-owned property – and that their tents must be removed.

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