2009-05-01
07:49:28
Road construction around the AbitibiBowater Biomass will impact access to LaVerendrye Hospital's emergency department and the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service's fire hall
Operations and Facilities Manager for the town of Fort Frances Doug Brown says that work will force some temporary changes at the hospital.
"In the next month or so, to access the emergency area, you will have to access it from Front Street effective Tuesday, May 5," says Brown.
The road work will also impact the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service. Brown says steps will be taken to ensure at least partial access to the fire hall with fire vehicles being placed elsewhere.
"They're going to take trucks out of that area. Put them in the public work yard or the ambulance base. The contractor's going to be working with them making sure that there's always access (to the hall) in case there is a fire."
Work on the roads is to begin Monday.
