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Springfield’s City Council voted 5-0 to annex nearly 18 acres of land off International Way, clearing a major land-use hurdle for a planned behavioral-health campus that would pair a round-the-clock crisis stabilization center with a new psychiatric hospital. The site sits between Richardson Sportswear and the FedEx Ship Center, and if the projects stay on schedule, both could open by 2029.
The vote, confirmed by KLCC, formally brings the land into city limits so Lane County and PeaceHealth can move forward with construction plans. According to the station, “they voted 5-0 to annex the land,” setting up what officials describe as two connected facilities on the same campus: a Lane County stabilization center sitting next to a planned PeaceHealth hospital. As part of the annexation agreement, the site’s owner will be required to work with Springfield Police and neighbors on safety and security plans, per KLCC…