Pine Creek First Nations Chief Derek Nepinak has provided a video update on Facebook regarding the construction of the Petro Canada-Burger King station that will be located just off Main Street South in Dauphin.
"The tank pit is roughed in. It is a double-walled tank that is going into the site to make sure that there are no leaks into the underground once they are put in. The pumps are roughed in, as well as the foundation for our Petro Canada/Burger King site. We are very excited about this development here, it has been years in the making."
The project is a joint venture between Pine Creek and Ebb & Flow First Nations.
Nepinak adds this is the first step of work to be done on that site.
"Behind (that site) we have a few acres of reserve land that is available for development and another 65 -70 acres behind that which is set aside for further development from our community. We are very excited about what we can do here. This is about urban economic growth and bringing returns back to the well-being of our community."
No timeline was provided for the completion of the project.
Nepinak says the multi-million dollar investment will return many millions of dollars to the communities over the next few decades.
