MAPLETON – Local politicians and county staff unveiled the new 22,200 square-foot Drayton public works garage on May 24, just in time for National Public Works Week.
The previous Drayton Garage on John Street was used for over 60 years before the expansion and update began in 2013.
Triple the size of the previous facility, the new garage on Sideroad 16 was built using Wellington County’s highest Green Legacy Building Standard to ensure the garage is energy efficient and environmentally responsible.
It features 10 large truck storage and service bays and one small truck service bay, high efficiency energy recovery ventilation system and a full emergency electrical generator.
“When we build something in the County of Wellington we do it right and this is an example of that,” Warden Kelly Linton told the crowd.
“It is important for us to have facilities that our staff can enjoy working in and a place that we can grow into so that is the reason why it is as big as it is. We are making sure that we are looking far into the future.”
The county-operated Drayton public works garage shares services and space with the Mapleton township garage, including, wash bays and the fuel depot. Both were open for the event.
Drayton Garage
Mapleton Mayor Gregg Davidson thanked the county for keeping the garage in Mapleton, as it benefits the township’s own facility.
“As the mayor I would like to thank the county for building this garage on this site, keeping it here in Mapleton” said Davidson.
“The vision of having both the Mapleton garage and the county garage on the same site, sharing services, is an efficient partnership. So this partnership we have, it not only benefits the residents of Mapleton and the surrounding communities, but it also benefits the provincial government and I say that because I am sure they would approve of the partnership we have saving money for the communities,” Davidson added.
Perth-Wellington MP John Nater congratulated the county on the “exceptional… environmental standards that were put into this building. You are truly paving the way for the future.”
but it also benefits the provincial government and I say that because I am sure they would approve of the partnership we have saving money for the communities,” Davidson added.
Perth-Wellington MP John Nater congratulated the county on the “exceptional… environmental standards that were put into this building.
“You are truly paving the way for the future.”
