Four Nanaimo schools receiving nearly $19 million for upgrades, including seismic
NANAIMO — Four schools in Nanaimo are set to benefit from a large cash injection for seismic and other upgrades.
Both Cilaire and Pleasant Valley elementary schools are the focus for $18.8 million in provincial funding to upgrade school buildings to a higher level of safety.
Kelsey Bakewell, facilities manager with Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools, said the two schools were at the top of their priority list.
“Both schools will be getting shear walls put in to make them more structurally sound, we’re looking at roofing diaphragms,” Bakewell said. “We’re going to build them to a higher life safety point seismically.”