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Article: Hospital groundbreaking expected this fall.(Special Report: Construction)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- August 1, 2004
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After more than a 20-year wait, the Town of Mattawa hopes to begin groundbreaking on a new hospital this fall.
With working drawings and construction documents complete, hospital officials have submitted their formal request to tender to the provincial Ministry of Health and anticipate receiving bids for construction later this summer or by fall.
The community of 2,270, just east of North Bay on the Ottawa River, has been planning for a new hospital since 1980.
Many delays have sidetracked construction in the past, including the SARS epidemic, resulting in more design changes to deal with infection control measures.
"It's a multiple ...