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Mental health facility, commercial district are in works for Riverview 6-week feedback period for vision; Kwikwetlem looks to receive benefits JANIS WARREN
The Tri-CiTy News
A new vision for the old Riverview Hospital grounds in Coquitlam was unveiled for public comment yesterday (Thursday). But how the provincial government’s plans will jive with those from the Kwikwetlem First Nation are unclear. The high-level document was released by three provincial ministers in front of Valleyview Pavilion, a 1950s facility that will be razed to make way for two new buildings for mental health patients. Rich Coleman, Terry Lake and Stephanie Cadieux heralded the plan to build a 105-bed complex to replace the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction, located on the Willingdon Lands in Burnaby. Another building with 38 beds will be constructed to replace the Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre and Provincial Assessment Centre, also currently located on the Willingdon Lands. The province’s $175-million investment “is significant,” said Coleman, whose housing portfolio includes Riverview. And Health Minister Lake
A photo illustration prepared for Renewing Riverview shows a planned mental health complex on the 244-acre Riverview Hospital grounds in Coquitlam. said the new facilities will be in addition to the new 75-bed mental-health unit that will be open — around the same time, in 2019 — at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. But while many city officials at the press conference welcomed the news of more mental health services in the region, they also grumbled at the lack of details and the manner in which the vision
had been dropped on them — Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said he received his copy 30 minutes prior. According to A Vision for Renewing Riverview and remarks made by Coleman Thursday, BC Housing intends to follow the community’s wishes to have Riverview return as a mental-health hub.
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