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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, June 27, 2012 · 8 Continued from page 1 Minister acknowledges community support Park," said Chiarelli. "We will provide significant funding, we will provide the procurement process to enable eight cranes to come here and co-ordinate the project. We do the bricks, the mortar, the equipment, the technology, but that is only part of it. It's really not possible to do this without that community leadership to get us to this point." HHS President and CEO John Oliver said much has happened at the site since the groundbreaking ceremony took place on the last day of summer last year. Since then the green field has been replaced by a beehive of activity with cranes moving heavy material overhead while dump trucks remove earth from the site and hundreds of workers move here and there working towards the completion of a thousand different tasks. Oliver said the exact location where the concrete pouring ceremony took place would one day be a large open civic square, which residents will walk through to reach the hospital entrance and which will host numerous hospital activities and events. To date, the sanitary and storm sewers for the site have been put in place along with about 50 per cent of the stone, which is being laid for the site's internal roads and parking lots. Oliver said about half of the detailed excavation for the site is complete with enough topsoil being stripped to cover 14 football fields with one foot of dirt. Oakville Mayor Rob Burton also commented on the progress of the hospital project. "It is thrilling to be here and cause, it impacts on the tax base, it is a very significant commitment. So from the professional side, from the political side, from the community side, it takes all of that leadership to make this happen and we understand that at Queen's WRITTEN LANGUAGE THERAPY Experienced, fully qualified Orton - Gillingham Language Therapist has limited summer spaces. $75 per hour, tax deductible. References available. Summer Tutoring Available NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog roots run deep: Construction crew members work on the foundation of the new Oakville hospital -- none of which can be readily seen from the surface of the site. An official concrete pouring ceremony was held yesterday (Tuesday) to mark the laying of the foundation of the 1.5-million squarefoot facility. When complete, it will be one of Ontario's largest community hospitals. see this progress and to know they are on time and on budget," he said. "Congratulations to everyone, but above all thank you to the Province and thank you to our MPP Kevin Flynn for his leadership in helping to secure this project for the betterment of our town's future." Following the ceremonial concrete pouring, in which Chiarelli, Burton, Flynn, Oliver and others were invited to rake some cement into place, those present were taken on a tour of the nearby hospital foundations. Despite being only partially complete, the scale of the foundation, largely hidden below ground in the excavated area of the property, gives some indication as to just how large the new Oakville hospital will be. The hospital will replace Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH), which has served the community for more than 60 years, but can no longer accommodate expansion. The new state-of-the-art hospital is being built on a 50-acre site and, at approximately 1.5 million sq. ft., will be more than three times the size of the current hospital. The new hospital is expected to be substantially completed by July 2015 with patients being transferred there during the late fall of that year. Once completed, the Oakville hospital will be one of the largest community hospitals in Ontario. 416-459-4131 (Cell) or scpufek@hotmail.com Sheena at www.oakville.ca www.facebook.com/ townofoakville @townofoakville Wednesday, July 4, 2012 9 a.m. to noon Oakville Place parking lot (lower level, near Sears) Come learn about bike safety! For a list of activities visit www.oakville.ca What is the Emerald Ash Borer? The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an invasive insect that attacks and kills ash trees. Every ash tree in Oakville is at risk. GreenTrans Untreated ash tree Treated ash tree What can I do? Take action now to protect your private ash trees. Contact a certified arborist to assess whether your ash tree can be treated. Infected trees will die within one to three years if left untreated, and signs of the insect are often invisible until it's too late. Treatments are most effective if administered before August. Take action now to protect our tree canopy from the Emerald Ash Borer orer For information, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, visit www.oakville.ca, or email us at canopyclub@oakville.ca. Oakville Canopy Club OakCanopyClub