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Melbourneâs second safe-injecting room on Flinders Street is likely to be modelled on Sydneyâs smaller, discreet facility and, along with measures to win over local traders, will include community health services.
Lord mayor Sally Capp gave her qualified support to the proposed facility, which would be near Flinders Street Station and the entrance to Degraves Street, saying medically supervised injecting rooms saved lives.
The former Yooralla building on Flinders Street.
Credit:Wayne Taylor
However, she said âmany peopleâ had raised legitimate concerns with the Flinders Street site.
âWe are all concerned for the people shooting up and dying on our city streets. Combating addiction is incredibly complex but reducing drug use on our streets would benefit local residents, businesses and visitors to our city,â Cr Capp said on Wednesday.