Maritime Building demolition to start soon

Published on August 13, 2014

NEW GLASGOW The Martime Building demolition will begin this month, starting with hazardous materials removal scheduled to last for six weeks.

Maritime Building

Following the abatement program, the downtown New Glasgow building will start to come down, beginning in October after Thanksgiving.

The process is expected to last until early November, before Remembrance Day.

The primary objective of the demolition process will be to demolish the building and clean up the site. This will be done in a manner that will protect the workers at the site, protect the public and also, importantly, to reduce interruption to business to the extent possible, given the scope of the project, explains New Glasgows Town Engineer Earl MacKenzie in a release from the town. Access to businesses will be maintained as well as access for emergency vehicles at all times.

Senior Consultant at Campbell Comeau Engineering, Marcel Deveau, provided a technical information briefing for the Provost Street business community at a public session held in the Town Hall on July 25.

Deveau spoke on the safety measures to be put in place, including a protective hoarding that will go over the sidewalk on the east side of the building and adjacent to the rail line on the west side of the building.

There will be both daytime and nighttime traffic control plans, he said.

From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, the plan will allow for traffic flow to be maintained.

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