Top Cambridge building official says he would cooperate with Preston Springs inquiry
“I have no reason not to cooperate,” Dennis Purcell said. “I have nothing to hide… I did my due diligence. I sought legal support. I have solid engineering reports behind me on the decision, so I have no concerns,” he said about the demolition of the Preston Springs Hotel.
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Preston Springs Hotel, Cambridge Ont.(Maeve Doyle/CBC)
The chief building official for the City of Cambridge says he would cooperate with an investigation into the demolition of the Preston Springs Hotel, if such an investigation should be called.
KITCHENER Demolition continued Friday at the site of the Preston Springs Hotel in Cambridge. Crews carried out the work as laid out in an emergency order, despite push back from heritage advocates and some city councillors. By mid-afternoon on New Year’s Day only about one-third of the structure remained standing. On Dec. 24, the city’s Chief Building Officer issued an emergency demolition order for the former hotel. Dennis Purcell said the aging structure needed to be torn down as “a matter of public safety.” “It’s a building that’s in an advanced state of deterioration,” he said.
Court injunction comes too late to save Preston Springs Hotel
A heritage group in Cambridge received a court injunction to stop the demolition of the former Preston Springs Hotel, while work crews were in the process of tearing down the building.
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