There could be some hope on the horizon for the preservation of the Railway Coastal Museum.

Mayor Danny Breen provided an update at last night’s city council meeting.

Another protest was held outside the heritage structure over the weekend, with dozens gathering to express their disappointment that a significant part of the province’s history might be lost.

Mayor Breen says former City Manager and a former Chair of the Railway Coastal Museum, Ron Penney has approached the council with a plan to have a community board take over the museum within the building.

Breen says Penney is working on a plan to keep operating the museum at its current location and says what Penney is proposing meets their needs. The repurposing will go ahead, the budget objective would be met and they would continue to tell the story of the railway and the people who worked on it.