Still Standing ... little progress to see from Remediation orders for two fire ravaged structures in Prince Rupert

It's been close to two and half months since Prince Rupert City Council began the process of taking some remedial action on two nuisance properties in the city, with the City issuing remedial orders for both Rose's building on Third Avenue West and the former Angus Apartments on Second Avenue West.

The removal plans which have been a current at City Council for months,  gained an additional review by Council members at a Special session for August, with the owners for both properties making statements towards the civic process, while the civic collective remained steadfast in their call for action.

Yet as we head towards Thanksgiving weekend and on into the fall, both structures remain pretty well as they looked back in July when the process began.

There has been some progress on Third Avenue, where at least the derelict vehicles of July have since been removed, however while the old Belmont Site was cleared over the summer, Rose's still remains a pile of rubble awaiting further action.

Some progress for downtown renewal on Third with at least
the derelict vehicles now removed, however the remains
of Rose's still stand awaiting further attention

A few blocks to the West, the fate for the Angus Apartments apparently remains to be delivered, that building while boarded up, still stands with nary a dump truck or excavator in sight.

On Second Avenue west, there does not appear to be much
in the way of activity towards remediation of the fire
damaged Angus Apartments.

The topic has not been one for updating by Civic staff through the various information streams offered to the public by City Hall and the Council members did not make it a talking point at their very brief get together of September 11th.

Council moves into their work for the fall with a Tuesday Council session, hopefully an update from the Mayor, or city staff will shed some light, or maybe Council members will ask some questions on the timeline towards the twin orders from the summer months.

More notes on past Council discussion themes can be reviewed from our archive page