Construction has finally started on a the Elkmont storm shelter. It is located next to the gray metal building on Sandlin Road across from Ridge Road. Aviagen has purchased the grey building. The shelter and a future fire station will be built next to it. Hopefully it will be finished by Spring 2014 in time for the severe weather season; it depends on the weather.
Photos of a good start:
July 2013:
As you have read in this blog in 2011,
Elkmont is in line for a community safe room or storm shelter. This is
to be built on Sandlin Road.You may have wondered what its status is. It is still in the pipeline but...... since building Elkmont's storm
shelter involves the federal government (federal grant), don't count on
it being done anytime soon. Using federal grants is a very lengthy
process due to the red tape and application process nor will this
funding cover the total cost of the project.Elkmont's shelter was applied for in 2009. When the grant was applied for the cost of the shelter was included. Since then prices have increased and of course lots of new requirements have been added which has increased the cost of Elkmont's safe room.
The Limestone County Emergency Management Agency director, Rita White, stated:
"It's not like going and building a house because there all sorts of federal sand state guidelines. For example, since we applied for any of these shelters, we not have to have a certified contractor for each project. We get a lots of calls about shelters but it's a lot more complicated than just building a shelter in a location. We would love to get these done, and we want to finish these projects more than anybody. "
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