The old City of Haines public works building is getting an upgrade. The 60-by-50 foot, metal-frame structure on Union Street was built in the mid-1960s and served for decades as a public works office and heavy equipment repair shop.
The Haines Borough will keep the building’s metal skeleton while adding a new foundation, insulation, plumbing, in-floor heat, reinforced edges, new siding and roofing, and possibly a biomass boiler.
Work started in July. The building will…
