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'i.Vi.lA.Li..! it jLj» www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, MARCH 5, 2003 PAGE 7 Decision on courthouse could come later this year Political leaders will decide when announcement is made '.BY JACQUIE MclNNES •Staff Writer > DURHAM - A new Durham court-house, court-house, promised more than half a decade ago, isn't exactly around the corner corner but behind-the-scenes work to get it ; here continues, says a provincial gov- ' eminent spokesman. In September 2001, the Province issued issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for developers interested in building a consolidated regional courthouse. 'Durham has 24 courtrooms in six different different locations in addition to the Crown attorney's attorney's office. \ "The first phase of the request for ^qualifications is done," says Mohammed /Nakhooda, spokesman for Ontario Su- •pcrBuild Corporation, the arm of the "provincial government overseeing the [process. During that phase interested ! -bidders were qualified based on their ."ability to meet technical requirements 'and to finance the project, says Mr. I 'Nakhooda. The private sector would as sume responsibility for the ownership, operation and maintenance of the facility- facility- Last fall, Whitby-Ajax MPP Jim Flaherty Flaherty said the new courthouse would be "the centrepiece for Durham Region." In addition to secure court facilities, it could feature a public space possibly with some commercial and residential areas. "This will be a dramatic public space. The whole idea is not just a court building," the MPP said. Once the developers were qualified based on technical and financial ability, the RFQ continued into phase two, says Mr. Nakhooda. That phase, still ongoing, ongoing, is a review of the sites proposed by each developer to determine if specific site criteria are met. Those developers whose sites qualify will be invited to submit a full proposal likely sometime between "early and mid-spring," says Mr. Nakhooda. In October Mr. Flaherty predicted the announcement of the courthouse would come in 2003. If an RFP is tendered this spring as planned, the tenders could be reviewed in time for an announcement this year. But Mr. Nakhooda isn't giving any indication to exactly when it might happen. 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