The infamous pigeon-infested properties at 11th Avenue and 102nd Street are coming down this week.
That was the word from North Battleford City Manager Jim Puffalt at Monday night’s city council meeting during discussion of the awarding of the tender to demolish the longtime rundown buildings at the location.
The tender has been awarded to Silverado Demolition Inc. in the amount of $194,000 plus GST.
The original tender had been awarded to Ken and Terry’s Demolition earlier this summer, but they later withdrew citing other commitments.
Silverado was the next lowest bidder and had indicated they could start work immediately, according to an Aug. 7 memo from City Clerk Debbie Wohlberg to council.
Administration had earlier received council’s approval to proceed with awarding the tender to the lowest bidder so the work could start immediately.
Puffalt indicated to council that work has already started on the interior of the buildings. That was evident this week, as the broken and boarded-up windows had been removed and demolition equipment was already on the fenced-off property.
While the memo to council indicated the building exterior was expected to come down in early September, Puffalt told council Monday that demolition was proceeding ahead of schedule and that the buildings would come down this week.
