Opponents of a proposed women's addiction treatment centre in the Haldi Road area called on city council to deny a proposed change to the Official Community Plan (OCP) to allow the centre.
Proponents of the Northern Supportive Recovery Centre for Women -a proposed 30-bed residential treatment centre at 5877 Leslie Rd. -will be before city council tonight seeking approval for an amendment to the OCP to allow the facility.
Backers of the facility could not be reached for comment by press time.
City council initially approved the application for the controversial facility in December, 2011 -but in August the B.C. Supreme Court ruled the facility violated the city's OCP.
In a statement, the Haldi Road Committee -an organization of area residents opposed to the centre -said nothing about the proposal has changed since the court ruling.
"The Haldi Road Committee's position on this proposal... has not changed since the Supreme Court ruling. In fact, we are only more determined now that the proposal is requiring a change to the OCP that will affect every resident of Prince George. The cost to prepare and review the OCP is born by taxpayers and we expect that it will be upheld and followed to support the identity and character of neighbourhoods."
