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City, County Butt Heads Over Works Yard Expansion

Thursday, 9 May 2013 11:22

Residents of a future subdivision will have a major County Works Yard as their neighbours. That was a concern of Woodstock over a $1-million expansion of the works facility on County Road 30. Mayor Pat Sobeski argued against a waste-water connection and $1-million expansion. "There's a major expansion going on here, and across the street you have the 11th Line, which is residential, there's a subdivision that's been approved out there. It's only a matter of time before the city extends and this major works yard will be surrounded by residential. County Council, in my opinion, should be looking at more of an exit strategy, rather than an expansion strategy." But County Council voted 6-4 in favour of the project, which Public Works Director Rob Walton says will allow the County a number of amenities. "Traditionally, it has just been a roads operation. Roads will remain there, facilities for all of our County buildings will be out of there, and we will also have some storage facilities for county records." It will include an office for workers, a wash bay for County vehicles, a six bay workshop, a salt dome for road salt, and buildings to house road signs and other equipment. Site plans still must be approved before the project goes out to tender, but Walton hopes to have the expansion done this year. "I would think early summer (for start), we needed to get this approval to get the last of our other approvals like our site plan from the township and that. We're not quite to the tender stage, but we need to get to that soon because we really want this building renovated before the snow flies next winter."

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