‘A very challenging site’: breaking down Block 2 plans and progress

Schematic design plans for Block 2’s overhaul aren’t expected to be complete until 2025, but look for early signs of construction activity outside around the site this fall.

Facing south from Wellington Street, the northeast end of the Block 2 site currently features the Terry Fox statue, an NCC Bistro, and an information centre, alongside the Indigenous Peoples Space, far right.The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 29, 2024

Each stage of the multi-year effort to renovate the Parliamentary Precinct brings its own set of challenges, and the overhaul of Block 2 is no different. With a new complex set to be built around—and in some cases connected to—existing heritage buildings, locals will see...

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