Park Planning for the Rehab Lands

Update May 2023

The Rehab Lands Park Plan was approved by Regional Council at the meeting on May 9, 2023. The Park Plan Report documents can be found here.

With the adoption of the Rehab Lands Park Plan, future park development will be undertaken with a phased approach through future Municipal Budgets and Business Plans. A number of recreational services can be fulfilled within this parkland area, including a dog off-leash area for the Cole Harbour community.

Rehab Lands Park Plan

The Rehab Lands are located at 255 Bissett Road in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. They are the site of the former Halifax County Rehabilitation Centre which operated from the 1940s until 2002. When the institution closed, the land reverted to the Municipality. Subsequently, all the buildings have been demolished and the site remediated, leaving the lands as a largely informal open space.

The Rehab Lands property presents an opportunity to establish parkland in Cole Harbour community. Much of the value of the site for recreation is its natural assets and adjacency to existing parkland. The park plan identifies municipal park and open space programming for the site. This plan is to be used as a guiding document, so as resources become available, features can be implemented in a coordinated way.

Public Engagement

The Park Options Survey is now closed. Thank you everyone who participated! You can now view the results of the survey in the What We Heard Report #2 - Park Options Survey.

If you have any comments or questions, please email the Project Lead, Carolle Koziak Roberts. (Contact info is under Who's Listening in the sidebar)