Meaford Council has awarded two contracts for two local infrastructure projects.
At a recent meeting, council approved awarding a $3.08-million contract to Jeviso Construction for the Nelson Street Booster Pumping Station Project.
It was the lowest of seven bids the municipality received, around $150,000 under what was budgeted for the work.
The booster station project also includes watermain work along Nelson Street — and upgrades to the water treatment plant.
According to a staff report, the work on Nelson Street would fall within Me0305aford’s 2021 Environmental Services Capital Budget.
According to Meaford’s Director of Infrastructure Services Victoria Perejmybida, the funding for this project would be coming from a few different sources.
“About $375,000 of the total budget came from the user pay watermain capital budget funding. About $125,000 came from development charges, and then approximately three million of it , so the largest portion is going to be debt funded,” says Perejmybida.
She notes the debt funding comes from the perspective that Meaford does not have the funds to pay for the project, so they will be borrowing it and paying it back for what she belies in between a 10 to 15 year period out of each years budget.
Included in the tender awarded to Jeviso Construction Corporation, all of the materials, equipment and labour for the reconstruction will be supplied while the project:
-replaces the watermain on Nelson Street from Pearson Street to approximately 175 meters east of Nobel Street
-SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) upgrades at the water treatment plant
-new variable frequency drive high lift pump installation at the water treatment plant
The other project approved by council saw a limit of up to over $300,000 to be funded for the completion of 23.39 kilometres of roads at the cost of $1.94 per square metre.
The council report notes, “the sealing and restoring of road surfaces is an essential part of preserving the Municipality’s road assets; both asphalt and surface treated roads. Road surface sealing applications aim to seal the road surface to stop water infiltration for further deterioration overall.”
By using data from a 2014 Road State of the Infrastructure report and a 2019 road scan, several area were identified that were best suited to benefit from surface treatment in 2021:
-The Irish Block (Side road 27 to Side road 22)
-4th Concession South (Derry Line to Side road 6)
-12th Line (Highway 26 to Side road 13)
-11th Line (Highway 26 – 22 Side road)
-11th Line (10 Side road – 8 Side road)
-22 Side road (Grey Road 12 to 7th Line)
-Side road 13 (7th Line to Bridge)
-John Street (Robertson Avenue to Grey Road 7)
-Ross Street (Robertson Avenue to End)
-19A (off Side road 18)
-Cedar Avenue (Harbour Drive to End
-4th Sideroad (7th Line to Grey road 7 and Grey road 7 to 3rd Line)
According to the report, a total of 24.39 kilometres of road length is being sealed this season and will occur in August 2021, and is expected to be completed within two to three weeks, depending on the weather.
The project falls just under the total approved amount of $347,600,as supported through the 2021 tax capital program.
Currently the majority of the roads being rehabilitated are measured between 6.5 and 6.8 meters, and can either sit at a minimum width of 6.5 meters, which would cost over $150,000 per square meter or brought up to a maximum width of 7 meters, cost $170,730 per square meter, costing between over $310 million and over $330 million.
When the work commences, the report notes full road closures will not be needed as the nature of the work will allow for at least one lane to be open at all times.