Sask. govt pledges $8M for new North Battleford hospital

It's an estimated $100 million price tag, but for now, the Saskatchewan government is spending $8 million to get the detailed plan for the Saskatchewan Hospital replacement in North Battleford.

Premier Brad Wall was at the 100-year-old psychiatric health facility to announce that the project is a go.

Wall's government had postponed the replacement project that was first announcement by the NDP, but Wall insists Thursday’s announcement is a step farther than the project has gone before.

“The government has never advanced $8 million to get the detailed design, which will take us to tender. There really isn’t any turning back at this point in our view,” said Wall.

Construction could start late next year or early 2013. The new facility will have 188 beds — 32 more than the old hospital.

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