Stretch of Kensington Avenue to close in effort to remove homeless encampments along sidewalks

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Kensington Avenue will be closed on Wednesday, May 8, from Orleans Street to Allegheny Avenue from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in an effort to remove homeless encampments…

The road closure will take place on Wednesday, May 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Kensington Avenue from Orleans Street to Allegheny AvenueA Kensington homeless encampment will be dismantled after the city of Philadelphia issued a 30-day encampment resolution notice that takes effect on Wednesday.

“The temporary closure is needed to ensure the safety of city outreach teams as they engage individuals during the final day of encampment resolution on Wednesday, May 8, during which individuals residing at the encampment have been notified to dismantle any tents and structures that pose public health and safety hazards and obstruct sidewalk passage,” the mayor’s office said in a statement.

“This is a longstanding issue and this is not a one size fits all solution, so I think everyone needs to be at the table,” Rosalind Pichardo, with Operation Save Our City, said. “It can’t be an opinion from a politician, it has to be the fact of a physician and a medical professional to deal with the crisis that we’re having here.”

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