Bye Bye Helipad

June 25
Beginning to dig!  The Storm sewer connections are the first thing to begin.  I'm just glad we didn't have open holes when all that rain came!  By the end of this week, the demolition of the current helipad should begin.  As an alternative for emergency helicopter transport, the Lifelink helicopter service will be landing at the Cook Airport and the Cook Ambulance service will be transporting both the flight crews and patients as necessary between the hospital and the airport.

This process should be in place for about 1 1/2 months.  Then back to the Cook hospital.  We want to thank Representative Cravaack for his help in moving the process along to get FAA recommendations allowing us to start.

The storm structures are now approved and ordered and will be delivered Thursday 6/21/12. Schedule as follows,

Mesabi will be starting storm work on 5th Street  just south of the church. Working north they will be at the hospital drive  Friday 6/22/12  - Monday 6/25/12. Working east along the hospital drive to the connection south of the helipad. This portion should finish by Monday 6/25/12.

Helipad demo will start Tuesday 6/26/12 - Wednesday 6/27/12. Followed by 2 more days of storm work  Thursday 6/28/12 and Friday 6/29/12.

Addition excavation  Monday 7/2/12-Tuesday 7/3/12.

Schedule could change with weather conditions and unforeseen soil conditions.

Construction to start

After delays, contruction is set to begin Monday, June 18th.