Summerside City Hall soon to undergo renovations
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SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Some structural modifications will quickly be coming to Summerside Metropolis Corridor.
In early October, the town put out a young for the demolition of the constructing’s annex – on the entrance of the property by the primary doorways.
A earlier evaluation of the world deemed it unsafe to accommodate workplaces, as a result of exterior brick rising weak over time.
“We’ve been working with out the usage of the annex for the higher a part of a yr or extra now,” mentioned JP Desrosiers, the town’s deputy chief administrative officer.
“It wanted to get replaced or torn down. It was not one thing that we’d need to put workers in, from a security perspective.”
The annex was house to 3 to 4 workplaces within the metropolis’s human sources and authorized affairs departments, in addition to IT. With the annex out of use, workers, mentioned Desrosiers, had been moved elsewhere within the constructing.
The total value of the demolition is not going to be recognized till the tender that’s out now could be authorised. Council may even need to determine if the annex needs to be rebuilt or was greenspace, however the annual metropolis finances has put aside $500,000 {dollars} for the mission.
The tender closes at 1 p.m. on Nov. 2, and Desrosiers mentioned work ought to start shortly after council awards the job to a contractor.
Development is unlikely to disrupt metropolis corridor providers.
Kristin Gardiner is a reporter with SaltWire in Prince Edward Island. She may be reached by electronic mail at [email protected] and adopted on X @KristinGardiner.
