Second Avenue demolition complete, leaves former fire site ready for its next chapter in the Prince Rupert story

    Six months following an October fire, the lot at
Sixth Street and Second Avenue West has been cleared of debris

Demolition work on the site of a fire last fall in downtown Prince Rupert wrapped up in the last week, with the lot at Sixth Street and Second Avenue West now a vacant one, levelled and ready for whatever may come its way next.

The fire which attracted a large crowd of spectators on that October evening, extinguished a number of local businesses that had operations on the block. 

One of them, Omni Eyecare decided in the period following the fire to end its service to the community, reducing the options for residents in the community for eye care.

The timeline towards remediation of the fire site did seem to take a fair bit of time stretching out over a six month period, only really picking up its pace in late January.

Work on the fire site at Sixth St and Second Avenue West
only really got underway in late January

There has been no word from the City as to where all that debris material that was carted away may have ended up. 

With the City's landfill site currently at it's peak use, many local contractors have noted that the storage of renovation or demolition material is becoming a key concern.

Towards that situation, some temporary storage space has been approved by Council for a property out by Miller Bay Road.

As for the future of the new lot, there has been nothing announced as of yet, which means that Sixth and Second West will now join the rather expansive list of downtown lots that are still awaiting some kind of use and a sign that the days of downtown recovery are on the way.

More notes on Prince Rupert City Council themes can be explored here.