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18 UCW OCTOBER 5 - 11, 2022 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM NEWS Cape Fear Valley expansion underway a CityView Today STAFF REPORT Motorists traveling near Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and visitors to the campus may see a few disruptions over the next few months as construc- tion begins on a $110 million hospital expansion project. Site preparation work for the planned vertical expansion of Valley Pavilion at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center began in September, Cape Fear Valley Health said. e expansion will add 100 beds and reduce wait times in the Emergency Department, health system officials said. e health system announced the expansion in March. Completion is scheduled for fall 2024. CEO Mike Nagowski estimated that the expansion, when completed, will create an additional 187 full-time equivalent positions at the medical center. "We recognized that we need this expansion to meet the growing needs of our community, and to provide meaningful assistance to reduce de- lays in our Emergency Department," Nagowski said in the release. Drivers, pedestrians and visitors will notice some disruptions and changes over the next three months, the health system said. ose changes are primarily restricted to the northeast corner of the hospital campus, from the main entrance driveway on Owen Drive to the intersection with Village Drive and down Village drive to just past the Emergency Department's entrance and parking lot, the release said. e Emergency Department en- trance will remain open throughout, as will ambulance access from Village Drive, the release said. e parking deck entrance closest to the hospital's main front entrance is temporarily closed until Sept. 30, 2024, the release said. ose using the parking deck must now use the entrance facing Owen Drive. at entrance can be accessed from the existing upper section of the frontage road off the main driveway. e lower section of the frontage road that wraps around the parking deck will close permanently. Driveway access from the Emer- gency Department entrance side of the parking deck to the front entrance will no longer be available, the release said. Drivers on Owen Drive can ex- pect daily lane and sidewalk closures on a small section of the street in front of the parking deck, the release said. Plans call for a new concrete bus stop pad to be installed on Village Drive, farther away from the construc- tion activity. e section of the Emer- gency Department parking lot closest to the corner will be closed until Sept. 30, 2024, as well as the roadway be- tween the parking lot and the ambu- lance bay entrance, the release said. In October, work will begin to install a new ambulance entrance drive on Village Drive, adjacent to the existing drive. e new ambulance entrance is expected to open at the end of October. At that time, the existing am- bulance entrance will be temporarily closed for renovation, the release said. In November, the main driveway will temporarily close for one week- end so the first of two tower cranes can be installed, the release said. at closure is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 19-20. "is construction is really going to benefit our community in the long run, and we know it will be worth the inconveniences it might cause for a few months," Nagowski said. "We hope our visitors will be understand- ing and patient while we begin this expansion." Plans call for building two new floors on top of the existing Valley Pa- vilion section of the medical center. About 40 percent of the new beds will be designed as ICU beds, with the remaining beds designated for medi- cal/surgery inpatient and observation, the release said.. All of the beds will be in private patient rooms, the release said. e project also calls for two rooftop helipads, which will allow patients to be taken by elevator directly into the Emergency Department, the release said. is is the first major expansion to the main campus' central building since 2008 when the five-story Valley Pavilion opened, the health system said in the release. Come Get Some! BEST POO L HA LL MARTY FREE TOURNAMENT - Q CITY - APA - NAPA - BCA TOURNAMENTS Many Thanks To Our Dedicated Customers, Employees, Friends & Family. Many Thanks To Our Dedicated Customers, Employees, Friends & Family. Hours M - F 3PM - 2AM SAT - SUN 12 - 2AM 2443 Hope Mills Rd. 910-779-0101 NEW LARGER LOCATION! HOST LOCATION NAPA NATIONALS Many Thanks to our Dedicated Customers, Employees, Friends & Family for Voting us Marty Free Tournament & The Herman Parker Q City Tour APA - NAPA - UPA Tournaments Hours of Operation: M-F 5PM - 2AM SAT - SUN 12PM - 2AM 2443 Hope Mills Rd. 910.779.0101 Host Location of NAPA NATIONALS, APA, & UPA Events Papertown Ladies Tour Papertown Ladies Tour Best Pool Hall 2022 Thank you for voting us Best Wingz 4 years in a row! 407 N Eastern Blvd Sun-Thurs: 11AM-10PM•Fri-Sat: 11AM-11PM