I have a whole lot to say about the hole
Thirty years back there was a transition in Elliot Lake. The Town of Elliot Lake changed from being a mining town to becoming a City slated for retirement Living . I always liked small towns so why now a CITY ??? ... the answer lies in grants and politics .
The local uranium miners were not deemed to be adequate subjects for the management and development of THE NEW COMMUNITY... Groups of southerners were imported,
for construction, for administration, and for the mangement of the Eighty Million Dollars plus Fund.
New companies, new names, new population.... short term recyclable seniors with a lot of dough.
Building a mall with a cement roof used as a parking lot in a northern town is not a brilliant inspiration from a local miner....The inspiration and design has to come right out of the south.
The roof has been plagued with leaks and problems as long as I can remember.
The town has the
city name but not the population ,so merchants came and went with their pockets empty and wet products. I saw pails of water where the roof collapsed and I saw kids applying
Sillicone to hold the roof in place. Just last month I made the comment that if anyone else but the City was involved this mall would be declared condemned. The Mall changed hands... inspectors, engineers,mayor and council all failed to see that the buckets were filed with water and soon someone would kick the bucket ... crazy glue and cement patch are a poor combination as the patrons sit below with a slab of cement and cars over their heads.
Accidents are unforseen events and not acts of nonchalence and now the deterioration will continue and the buck will be passed on with patch up grants in the making until an other so called accident arises.
Welcome to Elliot Lake tempt fate with a walk through the mall.... I am a local so I told my wife to keep away in May , I am also leary about super stacks that drop their immissions hundreds of miles away and can have an impact on the deterioration of cement....of course I am parranoid but that beats being stupid !