Construction of a new elementary school in Mine Centre could begin as early as next month.
Trustees with the Rainy River District School Board yesterday awarded a contract worth $5.9 million to Thunder Bay-based Finnway General Contractor.
Education Director Heather Campbell says additional funding from the Ministry of Education is also covering all project costs pegged at $6.5 million.
"We received two letter from the Ministry of Education providing the funding," says Campbell, "and we've come under budget in our tendering and working with the contract to reduce costs. So we are full speed ahead."
The new school will house about 90 students from the Mine Centre area as well as Seine River and Nicickousemenecaning First Nations.
Ontario's Education Minister Deb Matthews must still sign off on the project, but the board isn't anticipating any difficulty with that step from occurring.
