A longtime east end transportation business will soon have a shiny new facility in a prominent location along Highway 101 in order to keep up with a surging demand.

On Friday morning, a brief groundbreaking ceremony was held at the new home of Tisdale Bus Lines in South Porcupine, which included Timmins MPP George Pirie announcing $400,000 worth of provincial funding through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation(NOHFC) towards the new build.

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Company president Ron Malette spoke to The Daily Press about some of the nuts and bolts of the project, which is located on a lot some locals might remember as the home of the Golden Mile restaurant.

“It will be a 9,600 square foot facility, sitting on about three acres of property,” he said.

“We have a property current

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