You can add another Tim Hortons location to a local community in the Foothills.

Black Diamond will soon see the franchise come to town.

Mayor Sharlene Brown says it will be located just as you're coming into town.

"It will be just on the west side of Rona so right on the corner of Centre Ave and 3rd Street," she says.

Brown says it won't be a smaller express Tim Hortons either.

"It will have a two lane drive-thru as well as a restaurant sitting area inside," she says. "It's not a reduced version"

She knows the Tim Hortons will benefit greatly from building in town as they do get a high volume of vehicle traffic every day.

"You look at what goes through that 4-way stop, we have over 9,000 to 10,000 cars daily and that doesn't include summer traffic where they're going to be able to capitalize on people that might be wanting to pick-up a coffee."

Brown says on top of the Tim Hortons going in by Rona, there are already plans in place to build a car wash bay that will accommodate 18 wheelers and add a drive-thru oil change facility.

The new Tim Hortons is expected to be completed in September 2016.

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