By Craig Westcott
The Town of CBS has hired Fougere Menchenton Architecture to come up with concept plans for a new public works depot, likely to be situated in Kelligrews, and a new fire station to replace the one in Topsail.
The of St. John's based firm will be paid $70,000 to come up with the plans.
Ward 4 councillor Melissa Hardy, who made the motion to hire the architects, said given the Town has a number of facilities that need replacement and there are funding opportunities from other levels of government coming up, it's a good idea to get the concept plans in place.
"Absolutely," said Mayor Darrin Bent. "Station 2 (in Topsail) and the depot are in desperate need of replacement and hopefully we'll get there. Of course, we'll need help from our friends with the Province and the federal government and anybody else who can help."
Councillor-at-Large Rex Hillier agreed.
"These are two projects that have been on our books for – I won't say decades, but certainly for a number of years," Hillier said. "It's really great to see us taking this first step to move forward with putting those much-needed facilities here in the town."
