Tantramar hires consultant to work on new Dorchester fire hall
At their regular monthly meeting last week, Tantramar council approved spending $67,000 on a consultant to take the next steps on building a new fire hall in Dorchester. The decision moves Tantramar forward on a long process started by the village of Dorchester years ago to replace the current 77-year old building.
In January 2021, the former village spent $100,000 on two lots on Cape Road for the new fire hall. This latest decision will see Catalyst Consulting Engineers take on coordination of a geotechnical investigation, a net zero analysis, putting together an RFP to find a design consultant, and other negotiations with “third party stakeholders.”
Tantramar CAO Jennifer Borne is the former CAO of the village of Dorchester, and spoke with CHMA last week about the project. She said the replacement of the current fire hall has been talked about for years:
“We certainly got our use out of it,” says Borne. “But certainly [it is] time for a new facility, well-deserving of all of Tantramar, of Dorchester specifically, and certainly the members of Dorchester Fire as well as really all members of Tantramar Fire Service.”
Dorchester Fire Chief Greg Partridge says the current facility was built in 1947 and has been expanded on twice since. Even so, says Partridge, “we’ve outgrown that years ago, and have been wanting a new hall, and needing a new hall for quite some time.”… Continue