“The school will be demolished this summer. From there, we have to transfer all the students to Marguerite-d’Youville school, ”explains the member for Charlevoix-Côte-de-Beaupré, Émilie Foster (CAQ), who held a press scrum with the media. of the region.
The construction of the new school will take longer than expected, however, and since the construction of the hospital depends on the progress of the work, it will not be ready until 2026, a year later than it was announced.
“Given that it is a new school that is being demolished and rebuilt on the same land, it is more complex than just doing a renovation, an expansion,” adds the MP.
A situation which rather indifferent the Malbeeans.
“I hope to keep my good health until then. But I don’t have much to do with the hospital, ”reassures a lady I met.
“As long as our services are not minimized, I think that is a first thing”, relative another citizen.
It is not only in La Malbaie where a major project will begin. Saint-Hilarion impatiently awaits his house of the elderly.
“It also brings a kind of (feeling of) security for the elderly, to have a residence to allow them to continue, to stay in the village”, elaborates the Mayor, Patrick Lavoie.
The municipality has completed the acquisition of the land. Construction is expected to begin this spring.
“There is even a request for an environmental authorization certificate which has been accelerated, so we are on schedule to deliver it at the end of summer, beginning of fall 2022”, concludes the deputy.
The $ 30M project will house 48 people. 36 places will be allocated to the elderly, the remaining ones will be reserved for adults with special needs.
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