In a first for Victoria, the city plans to work with a private developer to build a new fire hall and emergency operations centre inside a mixed-use development in the downtown. The partnership is expected to save the city about $12 million, compared with building a stand-alone fire hall, said Mayor Lisa Helps. The options for the floors above the fire hall will take shape after a community consultation, the developer said. Helps said she is confident the plan is properly costed out unlike for the new Johnson Street Bridge project in Victoria. Victoria city council will decide on Thursday whether to approve financing plan for the project.

Source: CBC News March 20, 2018 01:52 UTC