bkibler@altoonamirror.com
AMED has the permits it needs to construct an emergency exit driveway at its new headquarters and main station in Lakemont.
“We just got the highway occupancy permit,” Executive Director Gary Watters told the board Monday. “They’re all in place now.”
The ambulance authority “needs to get started” on the project, he said.
AMED previously obtained a stream crossing permit, a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and PennDOT’s OK on a point-of-access study, which was required because the driveway will connect with Park Avenue, a limited-access roadway.
The driveway project could cost about $300,000, Watters estimated.
bkibler@altoonamirror.com
AMED’s new headquarters building in Lakemont is still empty, and its punch list is still unfinished, but this week it’s hosting its first event: a training session, fulfilling one of its main purposes as an educational center.
Because there is no furniture yet, AMED had to rent tables and chairs for the active shooter rescue task force classes being conducted with the National Tactical Officers Association under auspices of the South Central Mountains Regional Task Force, said AMED Executive Director Gary Watters at a board meeting this week.
Full occupancy may still be a month away, and some punch list items won’t be done until spring, according to Watters.