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Project leaders overseeing the construction of what will be the largest hospital in Canada when it opens in Mississauga in 2034 have listened to residents’ concerns regarding transparency and other issues, according to the city councillor for the area.
Nsauga, Ontario Local News reports that Mississauga Ward 7 Coun. Dipika Dameria said in an online notice to constituents on Monday that their interest, attendance at public meetings and feedback in the past several months related to ongoing construction at The Queensway/Hurontario Street site have paid off.
“Because of your involvement and advocacy, those concerns were heard,” the councillor said in her online notice, sent out the same day another virtual town hall-style meeting was being held. “As a direct result of community input, Trillium Health Partners (which oversees Mississauga’s hospitals) has made meaningful improvements at the site, including the installation of viewing portholes (in sound wall bordering the construction site), enhanced lighting (on pedestrian pathway) and the use of cameras to improve transparency and safety. These changes happened because you showed up, spoke up and shared your experiences.”
The virtual town hall provided those who took part with updates on upcoming phases of work on the new Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital, a $13.9 billion “state-of-the-art” health-care centre that will rise 22 storeys on the same site as the current Mississauga Hospital.
