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Planning work on a new Civic hospital will begin immediately following the announcement of a $3-million provincial planning grant Monday. It allows work to start on the first of four planning phases that must be complete before construction of the $2-billion hospital begins.
The announcement was made at the Civic hospital by representatives of the provincial, federal and municipal governments, watched by nurses, physicians and other hospital staff.
Planning for a new hospital is a multi-stage process that must be approved at each stage before construction can begin. Early stages of planning include traffic and parking studies, and planning for projected community needs and the facilities required. The entire process can take years. Hospital CEO Dr. Jack Kitts says he wants the new hospital open in 10 years.
The site was approved by Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly on Dec. 2, at the end of a wild week in which The Ottawa Hospital board rejected a National Capital Commission recommendation to put the hospital at Tunney’s Pasture. A coalition of provincial, municipal and federal politicians, as well as hospital officials, pressed for it to be located at the former site of the now-demolished Sir John Carling building, at the eastern edge of the Central Experimental Farm.
At the time, Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi vowed that planning for the hospital would begin before the end of the year.
Plans for a new Civic hospital have been in the works for years, but have been bogged down in controversy recently. In 2014, the Conservative government offered the hospital 60 acres on the Farm, the hospital’s first choice for a site, but the land transfer was never finalized. Earlier this year, Joly asked the NCC to review 12 possible sites. Its recommendation was rejected by the hospital. Sir John Carling was the NCC’s second choice.
With a consensus around the former Sir John Carling site, Monday’s announcement is the first sign that the preliminary work needed to build a hospital will get going quickly.
Ottawa is one of several communities across Ontario competing for limited hospital funding dollars. Windsor is also planning for a new 21st century hospital, as is Niagara.
There is plenty of work to be done before designing the hospital can be done. NCC CEO Mark Kristmanson said the site, set on two levels at the edge of the Experimental Farm, will lend itself to beautiful and innovative design ideas.
The hospital is expected to launch a $400-million fundraising drive — the biggest in its history.
epayne@postmedia.com
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The announcement was made at the Civic hospital by representatives of the provincial, federal and municipal governments, watched by nurses, physicians and other hospital staff.
Planning for a new hospital is a multi-stage process that must be approved at each stage before construction can begin. Early stages of planning include traffic and parking studies, and planning for projected community needs and the facilities required. The entire process can take years. Hospital CEO Dr. Jack Kitts says he wants the new hospital open in 10 years.
The site was approved by Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly on Dec. 2, at the end of a wild week in which The Ottawa Hospital board rejected a National Capital Commission recommendation to put the hospital at Tunney’s Pasture. A coalition of provincial, municipal and federal politicians, as well as hospital officials, pressed for it to be located at the former site of the now-demolished Sir John Carling building, at the eastern edge of the Central Experimental Farm.
At the time, Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi vowed that planning for the hospital would begin before the end of the year.
Plans for a new Civic hospital have been in the works for years, but have been bogged down in controversy recently. In 2014, the Conservative government offered the hospital 60 acres on the Farm, the hospital’s first choice for a site, but the land transfer was never finalized. Earlier this year, Joly asked the NCC to review 12 possible sites. Its recommendation was rejected by the hospital. Sir John Carling was the NCC’s second choice.
With a consensus around the former Sir John Carling site, Monday’s announcement is the first sign that the preliminary work needed to build a hospital will get going quickly.
Ottawa is one of several communities across Ontario competing for limited hospital funding dollars. Windsor is also planning for a new 21st century hospital, as is Niagara.
There is plenty of work to be done before designing the hospital can be done. NCC CEO Mark Kristmanson said the site, set on two levels at the edge of the Experimental Farm, will lend itself to beautiful and innovative design ideas.
The hospital is expected to launch a $400-million fundraising drive — the biggest in its history.
epayne@postmedia.com
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