Reeve for the Gilbert Plains Municipality, Blake Price, has confirmed that the community hall has not collapsed.
Rather a scheduled demolition of the walls and roof took place this morning.
Price tells us why it went down this way.
“The contractor has done a thorough assessment of the building, and he has determined the best route to go is to not try and salvage the walls and or the roof. In turn, demolish them and build new walls but we will be salvaging the floor, so that is for the most part all that will be salvaged in that building now, and that is based on his assessment.”
Price assures that the grant money from the government will still be in place to help build the new foundation, walls, roof, and interior of the building.
Once the demolition is cleaned up, the contractor will begin the foundation. Then the floor will be set in, walls and roof constructed and then in the interior completed.
