He is barely breathing, and officers try to revive him, gently, with a few drops of water on his lips. Most of the 128 fishing vessels operating in Morocco-controlled waters under the deal are from Spain.ĪL-’ASSAH, Libya: In the unbearable midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed on the reddish-brown desert sand. Morocco “seeks a partnership of equals” that takes into consideration Morocco’s own fisheries strategy as well as biological factors, he said. “Is the partnership that consists in taking resources and paying afterwards a framework that Morocco wants?.This is an outdated partnership,” he said. “Our initial assessment is positive.the Moroccan government is examining the future of this protocol with the EU,” said Bourita. The European commission appealed the ruling after it issued a joint statement with Morocco saying they would act to ensure continuity of bilateral trade.Ī final verdict has not yet been made and the fisheries deal expires on July 19.Ī Moroccan-EU joint fisheries committee will meet this week in Brussels to assess the four-year deal, Bourita told reporters in Rabat. Morocco regards Western Sahara as its own, while Algeria-backed Polisario rebels have sought to establish an independent state there. The General Court of the European Union in 2021 annulled EU-Morocco trade deals covering farm products and fish because they were agreed without the consent of the people of Western Sahara. “So, if things do arise that would require a scheduling delay, that’s preferable to a cost increase for us.RABAT: Morocco wants a new “partnership” to allow EU vessels to operate in waters it controls, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said on Wednesday. To ensure the city gets the best value the construction schedule will remain flexible, said Thompson. There are no plans yet for the existing facilities. “This site ensures we can grow for the long term and we’re more in line with our neighbours.”Ībout 50 people, rising to 80 in the summer, will work out of the new complex. “It’s much more appropriate for the types of uses that are going to be happening on the site, with heavy equipment, with trucks, with stockpiles of materials. Lacombe’s director of operations and planning Jordan Thompson said moving public works out of a residential area will be a big improvement. “We have done some upgrades over the years to try to squeeze the maximum amount of life out of it but it’s over-capacity now. “It’s an aging facility and has fulfilled its useful life,” said Creasey.
The city has talked about the need to replace the existing public works complex, parts of which date to the 1950s, for at least a decade.
The new police station opened in 2016 cost about $8 million and the $13.5 million sportsplex redevelopment held its grand opening in fall 2017. It is one of biggest civic projects in recent years.
Cold storage for equipment and a place to keep sand and salt for road maintenance are also planned. Work on the project in Len Thompson Industrial Park began last year when the north part of the site was graded in preparation for construction to begin this summer on the operations office and shop building expected to be completed next spring. “It took that long to come together with a clear plan to move forward and one that we’re going to be very successful with.” “With any expenditure of this magnitude and this type of facility, there’s a tremendous amount of varied opinions, whether it’s construction, location and lots of other factors,” said Creasey.
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“Quite often public works facilities may not be the sexiest facilities a municipality produces and is perhaps viewed by the public as excessive or money not necessarily well spent, but I can assure you that the entire council team does not feel that way.”Ī value review committee, which included third-party reviewers, city council members and administration, held a series of workshops to determine what was needed and the budget. “After an extensive development phase, Lacombe city council is confident the project will deliver value for the community.”Īt a ground-breaking ceremony for the 25,500-square-foot operations office and shop building on Thursday morning, Creasey acknowledged the project has its critics.
“Council is excited to see this critical project move ahead,” said Creasey. Lacombe Mayor Grant Creasey concedes the city’s $10.8 operations facility is not a glamour project.īut it is seen as crucial to the job of delivering services, from snowplowing and pothole filling to water main repairs and park maintenance, for decades to come.
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