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The NDP government says it is making good progress on a new $125-million Provincial Operations Centre that will serve as main hub for managing emergencies like the Fort McMurray wildfire.

The facility is to be built at the Edmonton Research Park in the city’s south side, replacing the current operations centre that is housed in an aging, undersized building in a northwest industrial area.

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“Even though we have one of the best emergency response systems in the country, there is always more that we can do,” Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson said Friday in an emailed statement.

“The new Provincial Operations Centre will put us in an even better position to prepare for, mitigate and respond to disasters. It will be another tool we can use to keep Albertans safe.”

The Alberta Emergency Management Agency is overseen by Anderson’s ministry.

Building a “state of the art” operations centre for the agency was one of the recommendations of a review of the response to the Fort McMurray wildfire in 2016.