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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2019-05-23, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019. Fire department build under strict timeline With the official groundbreaking of the Fire Department of North Huron Blyth Hall and Blyth Public Works Shed now in the books, a whirlwind process to have part of the structure ready is underway. With the sale of the Emergency Services Training Centre already complete and Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company Ltd. already owning the facility and premise, there is a ticking clock for contractors to finish the new project to move fire equipment from the centre to the new structure by Nov. 30. A site meeting was held at the site of the new facility, located between 667 and 709 Queen Street in Blyth last week, according to Director of Public Works Sean McGhee. “[This week] what people will see is some fencing going up and some survey crews doing preliminary studies,” McGhee said. “We’ll be expecting to see the heavy equipment show up the next week.” McGhee said that, to prepare the lot, some significant earth-moving is necessary. “We’re digging out the entire site, and then doing site compaction and back-filling to the proper elevation, as well as doing the foundation,” he said. “That whole process is what will take place over the next six weeks.” McGhee said the plan is to have the site prepped for construction by the end of June, including having tie-ins to municipal services completed. “We had always expected site prep would be taking place near the end of June,” he said. “Once the contractors get in there, they can start working towards the rest of the timeline.” The project has been broken up in to two different phases, McGhee said, between the site prep and the build, to allow for different specialized trades to be brought in only when they’re needed. “It makes things easy to co- ordinate timelines that way,” he said. As far as the Nov. 30 deadline, McGhee said he believes it will be met. “We’re keeping to it,’ he said. “Closer to the end of June... we will have some tight timelines worked out for the build teams,” he said. Watch The Citizen for more information on the build. A big day North Huron Council was happy to break ground at the site of a new structure at the north end of Blyth that will host the Fire Department of North Huron’s Blyth hall and the Public Works Department. Construction of the site has to meet a tight timeline, however, as the township only has until the end of November to move the fire apparatus out of the former Emergency Services Training Centre. From left: Deputy-Reeve Trevor Seip, Councillor Chris Palmer, Councillor Ric McBurney, Reeve Bernie Bailey, Councillor Kevin Falconer, Councillor Anita van Hittersum and Councillor Paul Heffer. (Denny Scott photo) WHO’S LOOKING AT YOU?Deadline May 27 Put your business in front of the RIGHT eyes! The Citizen has special interest issues coming up. Call or email our marketing specialists today! 519-523-4792 ads@northhuron.on.ca Blyth Festiv a l S p e c i a l Deadline June 28 Suppo r t Our Yo u t h Deadline July 12 Plowi n g Match S p e c i a l Deadline August 23 Comm u n i t y Aware n e s s Blyth Festival’s 45th Season Graduation 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & ELECTION OF DIRECTORS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019 ~ 7:00 PM LISTOWEL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT BUILDING BASEMENT MEETING ROOM 285 SARAH AVENUE NORTH, LISTOWEL, ONTARIO The Annual Meeting of the Listowel Memorial Hospital and Wingham and District Hospital will be held jointly for the purposes of receiving the financial reports and statements required by the Public Hospitals Act, for the Election of Directors, and for the transaction of other such things as may properly come before the meeting. 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