A spokesperson for Alberta Health has confirmed work on the Airdrie Community Health Centre Site Optimization Project will restart in early March.
“We anticipate the project will be complete in the summer of 2025. While we are also reviewing the business case from One Health Airdrie to expand health services in the area, we recognize a need to move forward with the planned renovations to the Airdrie Community Health Centre right away,” a spokesperson for Alberta Health wrote.
The comment comes one day after Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt confirmed to DiscoverAirdrie that the previous pause on the city’s community health centre was being lifted.
DiscoverAirdrie spoke to MLA Pitt yesterday, shortly after she had met with the province’s Health Minister, Adriana LaGrange. Pitt said she was very happy to share the news that the renovations would resume.
“I’ve always supported the renovation of the urgent care facility,” she said.
When asked what her thoughts were on the previous announcement of the renovations being paused, MLA Pitt said that it came down to looking at whether other options were a better use of taxpayer funds.
“At the end of the day, Airdrie needs a renovation; we need a new urgent care facility, and we need a hospital,” she said.
With the provincial budget being announced today, Pitt reiterated she is very hopeful that there will be funding for schools in Airdrie.