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Maple Creek's new integrated health facility is now closer to construction.

The Cypress Health Region board approved the schematic design for the facility this past week, another milestone in the progress of the project that is to replace the Maple Creek Hospital.

CEO Beth Vachon says planning for the new facility remains on track: "They approved the functional design, which really determines what the scope of the building will be, they've now approved the schematic design, and with that, we move on to detailed design, which is the architectural drawings. We're right on our timelines for this project, it's moving along very well."

Vachon adds they are doing site testing there now with site remediation planned for the spring and summer, and they hope to have construction underway by the fall, with the move-in date scheduled for January 2014.