Major infrastructure projects for Port Hardy are progressing well, and won’t be affected by US tariff threats, says the district’s mayor.
Pat Corbett-Labatt says there are two significant projects on the go in Port Hardy: the construction of a new water reservoir, and a new centrifuge for the waste water treatment plant.
She says concrete has been poured for the reservoir, and construction is going well. The total project cost is nearly $1.7 million and she says it’s on schedule.
She says the centrifuge replacement was crucial. The district decided in November to replace it after learning it only had a few months of use left.
“Our old centrifuge for the waste water treatment plant was on its last legs,” she says. “It’s $1.2 million, and being able to procure that and have it built in Canada is huge. That project is ahead of where we expected it to be as well.”
Corbett-Labatt says tariffs might be an issue in the future, for example if the district needs to order a new fire truck, but at the moment she says Port Hardy is holding its own.
– With files from Hussam Elghussein
