Construction underway for Hydro building in Neepawa

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Published on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

By Banner Staff

Construction is under way on a new Manitoba Hydro customer service centre (CSC) in Neepawa. 

The new building is being built directly to the west of the current service building. The objective of the CSC is to provide high-level service and improve operations by centralizing the area’s planning, administration and scheduling activities.  

The new customer service centre will serve the geographical areas of Minnedosa, Erickson, Gladstone and Clear Lake and its development is an element of Hydro’s district consolidation plan. 

Construction of the CSC has started and will ramp up this summer and fall.  The centre is expected to be completed by the spring of 2016.

 Additionally, Manitoba Hydro crews have been busy in the Neepawa area installing new poles. The poles are being upgraded in order to strengthen capacity of the existing distribution system.  

Manitoba Hydro is continually undertaking load forecasting so that it can anticipate the upgrades that are required to meet changing needs and growth.  Some associated upgrades are also being done.