Another wooden grain elevator in Western Canada is coming down.
The Manitoba Pool elevator in Lyleton, in the Rural Municipality of Two Borders, should be demolished by the end of 2025, said Sandra Clark, reeve for the RM.
“We’ve tendered the job and gave it to a construction company,” Clark told Farms.com. “They’ve given us timelines and work should start before too long I would think.”
Two Borders Council received two proposals and awarded the contract to Copithorne Construction, meeting minutes from Sept. 4 say.
The land the elevator sits on is municipally owned.
“If you see the elevator, you could see that it’s truly falling and is irreparable. And since the land belongs to the RM, we had to do what we felt was best,” Clark said. “We didn’t feel we had any other choice because you’re now talking about the safety and integrity of the building.”