3rd high-risk Edmonton homeless encampment dismantled in Dawson Ravine
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Thousands of pounds of items and waste were hauled away from the high-risk encampment in the ravine at Dawson Park, below the east end of Jasper Avenue in Edmonton.
City crews filled more than a dozen truckloads with items and garbage while closing and cleaning up the third of eight high-risk homeless encampments in Edmonton.
On Tuesday, a camp deep in the bushes of the ravine at Dawson Park, below the east end of Jasper Avenue in central Edmonton, was the latest site closed in adherence with an interim court order.
The camp in the North Saskatchewan River valley had 10 structures and seven occupants — one of whom required medical aid, the City of Edmonton said in a news release.
During the cleanup, the city said crews cleared away 14 truckloads of waste (roughly 2,800 kg or 6,100 pounds).
A hundred needles were found, along with 12 shopping carts and 13 propane tanks.
Due to the challenging terrain surrounding this encampment — the steep river bank and bushes — a significant amount of debris remained at the site as of Tuesday afternoon, the city said.
Crews were expected to continue to remove the items that remained there into the afternoon and evening if need be, so the city said the numbers for waste hauled away could grow.
With the lack of snow and continued dry conditions in Edmonton, the city said the risks of injury and death due to fire remain extremely high.
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