The Waters, Lively and Copper Cliff fire stations are proposed to consolidate at a new location on Anderson Drive in Lively, next to the Tom Davies Community Centre / Arena
Although less controversial than some of the city’s other fire station consolidations proposed, merging the Waters, Lively and Copper Cliff stations has still raised concerns from residents.
The proposed Beaver Lake station consolidation with Whitefish, located several kilometres east, is of much greater concern than the Lively/Waters/Copper Cliff amalgamation, he said, noting the Lively and Waters stations are only two kilometres apart. As such, he said most area residents would be unaffected by the closure of the Copper Cliff station. The exception would be area volunteer firefighters, who would now have to drive to the new consolidated fire station in Lively.
The city is expected to draft financial estimates in a report to city council on June 27, including the projected costs of: The public consultation meetings are taking place now, before the finances are known, because that’s what city council wanted. “I do not endorse this at all,” he said, adding that while the city is looking to modernize fire services, various other areas of municipal operations have not been modernized.
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