A fence went up around the perimeter of tent city on Saturday, a request that campers made to the province.

Tent city residents said the new metal fence will replace the wooden pallet fencing that campers had created for privacy reasons.

Earlier in the week, a judge ruled that the site is unsafe and ordered it to be shut down.

An estimated 80 campers currently live in the encampment and will be required to leave by August 8 at the latest.

The province told CTV News, the fence has been set up to ensure no new residents move in.

In an email, the ministry of housing said, "Construction fencing has been set up around the perimeter of the camp to ensure that only those people who resided there prior to July 5, will continue to have access to the site. The court order provides the province with authority to not allow further occupants on the site."

For now, the people living at the encampment say the new fence will be looked at as a “good neighbour fence.”

It was originally supposed to be put up in about a week, but the province decided to speed things up.

“I think that the province has been pretty reasonable in speeding that up so that we could work with the fire commissioner to make sure that not only is there outside fencing, but there will be fencing for residents inside to make sort of community areas similar to what they have with the pallets. It just better meets fire code,” tent city resident Chrissy Brett told CTV News.

Brett added that she will also be asking the province for panels so that residents could do their own graffiti art, similar to the BC Hydro site.

“Why not allow the artistic likeability’s of people within the camp to be displayed in a more positive light than what has currently been shown,” Brett said.

Residents will move out in August, when new housing on Johnson Street will be ready.

According to Brett, about 60 to 70 per cent of the people have signed up for the housing.

Brett added that she doesn’t plan to leave next month until the province comes up with solutions for everyone in Victoria and across B.C.

“I think it’s absolutely amazing that permanent housing facility solutions have been created, but when we look at the years and years of the government ignoring its commitments to social housing, this is the end result,” Brett said.