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Fire Hall #1 $2 million over-budget
PRINCE GEORGE – The new fire hall #1 is an impressive structure, but it comes with an equally-impressive cost overrun. Two million dollars to be exact. It was something Mayor and Council learned about during Monday evenings regular meeting, with Administration saying the building grew in size, from 21,000 square feet to 26,000 square feet.
And, was pointed out by Councillor Terri McConnachie, that was due to the dispatch needing more space.
“There was one particular, very serious misstep from the outset. A pretty big matza ball out there,” says McConnachie. “And that was specifically to do with one of the major tenants that’s going into the new Fire Hall. And that’s the emergency Operation-Communications Centre. Five thousand square feet is a pretty big difference.”
Administration noted that, to some extent, the project was the victim of COVID-19 as there were delivery delays and challenges with labour.