After more than two years of preparation and pushback, plans for a new health hub in Old Strathcona have been scrapped.
The new Boyle Street Community Services health hub will not be going ahead on 101 Street and 81 Avenue, the Alberta government confirmed to CTV News Edmonton on Thursday.
The hub would have provided harm reduction services – including an overdose prevention site – as well as recovery and treatment services, health care and housing referrals.
It has faced ongoing pushback from some in the community, who questioned the location of the hub.
Both Boyle Street and the minister of mental health and addiction declined interviews on Thursday.
In a statement, the minister’s press secretary said Boyle Street withdrew its application for the health hub after the City of Edmonton revoked permits for the facility.
“As development permits have …