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Portage Place bus shelter to be demolished after Downtown Safety Strategy passes council

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City of Winnipeg will ‘decommission’ Portage Place bus shelter
WATCH: Mayor Brian Bowman explains the decision to tear down the Portage Place bus shelter, one of several elements included in the Downtown Safety Strategy passed by City Council Thursday morning – Jul 19, 2018

A notorious bus shelter will be demolished and rebuilt with a new design after Winnipeg city council unanimously passed the Downtown Safety Strategy on Thursday morning.

The Portage Place bus shelter, which has been fingered as a hotspot for crime by the mall, the Downtown BIZ and Winnipeg Police, will be torn down to make way for a new shelter that is not attached to the shopping centre.

There is no date set for demolition, nor has a new design been done.

In January, a 17-year-old international student was the target of a random attack.

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Surveillance video released by police at the time shows the attacker waiting until all others leave the bus shelter before lunging at the teen and beating him until he couldn’t move.

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Click to play video: 'Surveillance images show daytime attack at Portage Place bus shelter'
Surveillance images show daytime attack at Portage Place bus shelter

In 2008, a man walked into the shelter during the noon hour with a high-powered handgun and shot another man, a stranger, in the abdomen.

The Downtown Safety Strategy also includes things like more cameras, eight additional downtown patrols, and more lighting in high-risk areas.

WATCH: Mayor Brian Bowman says the City would like to see the bus shelter at Portage Place replaced as soon as possible.

Click to play video: '‘The sooner… the better’: Winnipeg mayor on tearing down the bus shelter at  Portage Place'
‘The sooner… the better’: Winnipeg mayor on tearing down the bus shelter at Portage Place

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