City Buildings Torn Down

Crews have started the demolition of the several city-owned buildings in downtown Vernon.

The former New Delhi Restaurant and Open Learning Centre on 29th Street are being taken down to make room for a parking lot.

In the long term, it could become part of extending 25th Avenue to 27th Street.

The first part of the project took a couple months to remove asbestos and other hazardous materials from the site.

The city says all the demolished material will be ground-down and used as a layer of cover at the landfill.

There may be periodic traffic delays at the site while the demolition is taking place.