Municipality makes changes to improve emergency response at Mount Saint Vincent University

Halifax Regional Municipality says buildings on the Mount Saint Vincent University campus will no longer share the same address.

The campus used to be located at 166 Bedford Highway, but HRM says giving each building have their own civic address will help students and first responders in an emergency situation.

Emergency crews have been called to the campus around 1,000 times in the past 5-years, and under the old system, had to be met by campus security at the Bedford Highway entrance before being escorted to the emergency destination.

HRM's civic addressing department has been working with the university, along with Canada Post, Bell Aliant, Eastlink, 911 Emergency Services, Halifax Regional Water Commission and Nova Scotia Power to implement the system.

They've also assigned names to two previously unnamed streets, Residence Walk and Lumpkin Road in honour of past president Dr. Ramona Lumpkin.

The newly named streets and/or civic addresses are:

• Centre for Applied Research in Human Health – 47 College Rd. (previously 2 Melody Dr.)
• Seton Annex – 95 College Rd.
• Evaristus Hall – 145 College Rd.
• E. Margaret Fulton Communications Centre – 15 Lumpkin Rd.
• Margaret Norrie McCain Centre – 51 Lumpkin Rd. (previously 148 Bedford Highway)
• Rosaria Student Centre – 131 Lumpkin Rd.
• Birch 1 (residence) – 45 Residence Walk
• Birch 2 (residence) – 39 Residence Walk
• Birch 3 (residence) – 33 Residence Walk
• Birch 4 (residence) – 9 Residence Walk
• Birch 5 (residence) – 7 Residence Walk
• Assisi Hall – 85 Seton Rd.
• Westwood Residence – 161 Seton Rd.
• Art Landry Building – 163 Seton Rd.
• The Meadows – 175 Seton Rd.