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Update May 2023
The Rehab Lands Park Plan was approved by Regional Council at the meeting on May 9, 2023. The Park Plan Report documents can be found here.
The approval of the Rehab Lands Park Plan sets a guiding document for future park development. A phased approach to implementation will be considered in future Business Plans for development of the park according to the plan. A number of recreational services can be fulfilled within this parkland area, including a dog off-leash area for the Cole Harbour community.
Rehab Lands Park Plan
The Rehab Lands are located at 255 Bissett Road in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. They are the site of the former Halifax County Rehabilitation Centre which operated from the 1940s until 2002. When the institution closed, the land reverted to the Municipality. Subsequently, all the buildings have been demolished and the site remediated, leaving the lands as a largely informal open space.
The Rehab Lands property presents an opportunity to establish parkland in Cole Harbour community. Much of the value of the site for recreation is its natural assets and adjacency to existing parkland. The purpose of the park plan is to identify municipal park and open space programming for the site. This plan is to be used as a guiding document, so as resources become available, features can be implemented in a coordinated way.
If you have any comments or questions, please email the Project Lead, Carolle Koziak Roberts. (Contact info is under Who's Listening in the sidebar)
Related Projects
The municipality is also engaging around the location of a dog off-leash area for Eastern Passage. You can find out more about the public engagement for the Eastern Passage dog off-leash area here.
Update May 2023
The Rehab Lands Park Plan was approved by Regional Council at the meeting on May 9, 2023. The Park Plan Report documents can be found here.
The approval of the Rehab Lands Park Plan sets a guiding document for future park development. A phased approach to implementation will be considered in future Business Plans for development of the park according to the plan. A number of recreational services can be fulfilled within this parkland area, including a dog off-leash area for the Cole Harbour community.
Rehab Lands Park Plan
The Rehab Lands are located at 255 Bissett Road in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. They are the site of the former Halifax County Rehabilitation Centre which operated from the 1940s until 2002. When the institution closed, the land reverted to the Municipality. Subsequently, all the buildings have been demolished and the site remediated, leaving the lands as a largely informal open space.
The Rehab Lands property presents an opportunity to establish parkland in Cole Harbour community. Much of the value of the site for recreation is its natural assets and adjacency to existing parkland. The purpose of the park plan is to identify municipal park and open space programming for the site. This plan is to be used as a guiding document, so as resources become available, features can be implemented in a coordinated way.
If you have any comments or questions, please email the Project Lead, Carolle Koziak Roberts. (Contact info is under Who's Listening in the sidebar)
Related Projects
The municipality is also engaging around the location of a dog off-leash area for Eastern Passage. You can find out more about the public engagement for the Eastern Passage dog off-leash area here.
