2009-04-23
07:47:08
A plan to renovate and relocate the tugboat Hallet and fire tower from Pither's Point Park to the waterfront will be decided at Monday's town council meeting
Fort Frances councillors were told yesterday that nearly $100,000 in savings have been made to the original tender price following discussions with the proposed contractor. But councillor John Albanese still insists the million-dollar price tag is a waste of money.
"To be me wasting taxpayer dollars to move the Hallet and the tower.....sorry, I can not support that," says Albanese.
Some councillors feel the project will help boost tourism and further enhance the town's waterfront. Councillor Rick Wiedenhoeft says the work, on the tower especially, will be good for the town.
"The tower is going to be just picked up and moved and still be an ugly piece of junk sitting at the waterfront," says Wiedenhoeft. "It's going to be completely refurbished. It's going to be an attraction."
"I think people are going to want to up there. I think kids are going to want to go up there and look around. I feel that it more so than the Hallet is going to attract people to the waterfront."
