3 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,N ovem ber 12,2020 insidehalton.com Make someone's every day this holiday season. Immediate hourly roles available at amazon.ca/apply START DELIVERING SMILESDELIVERING SMILESDELIVERING SMILES Thank You, Oakville! atlascare.ca (905) 829-1296 We appreciate you choosing AtlasCare as your #1 Diamond HVAC company and as your Platinum-winning Plumbing company. The Ontario govern- ment plans to create hun- dreds of new long-term- care beds in Oakville. In a press release issued Tuesday, Nov. 3, Oakville North-Burlington MPP Ef- fie Triantafilopoulos an- nounced the province will be selling surplus lands to the west of Oakville Trafal- gar Memorial Hospital to build two long-term-care homes, which will offer a total of 512 beds. The property is located at 2165 Dundas St. W.., and consists of 15.8 acres of land, of which 9 acres is de- velopable. There is no shortage of need for these long-term- care homes. As of June 2020, more than 38,500 people were on the wait-list to access a long-term-care bed. "Too many seniors in our community who need long-term care face long wait-lists to get the care they need," said Triantafi- lopoulos. "Oakville North-Bur- lington has a fast-growing population, but we also have an aging population. Building 512 new beds in Oakville will mean easier access to care for seniors, in their own community close to their families. These new homes will pro- vide a warm and caring en- vironment for seniors with high-quality care." Oakville MPP Stephen Crawford also weighed in on the coming long-term- care beds. "Our government is committed to expanding the number of long-term- care beds for seniors in Oakville," he said. "These two new homes will be essential in reduc- ing the growing long-term- care wait-list confronting our community. Seniors can rest assured that 512 new beds in Oakville will provide them with the care they need." Triantafilopoulos noted developing these two new long-term-care homes in Oakville helps deliver on the government's commit- ment to create 30,000 new beds in 10 years. She said using surplus government lands helps to address the barriers many long-term-care operators face in finding available land, particularly in the Greater Toronto Area and fast-growing areas, such as the Region of Halton. The Oakville-North Burlington MPP noted that the government will be sell- ing the surplus provincial land with a requirement that long-term-care homes be built on a portion of the property. CBRE is the broker of re- cord managing the sale. Triantafilopoulos' office said it is anticipated that the preferred purchaser for the land will be selected by spring 2021 and the timing of when the homes would be finished will be part of the closing conditions. The province an- nounced on Nov. 2 that it will be increasing the aver- age daily direct care for res- idents of long-term care to four hours a day (up from the current average 2.75 hours). They have also recently announced an investment of $1.75 billion to create ur- gently needed new long- term-care capacity and up- grade aging homes. TOWN TO GET 512 NEW LONG-TERM-CARE BEDS The Province of Ontario has announced 512 new long-term-care beds will be coming to Oakville North-Burlington. Surplus land (outlined in blue) will be sold with the stipulation that two long-term-care homes will be build on it. Province of Ontario photo DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS HOMES WILL BE BUILT ON LAND NEXT TO HOSPITAL