A $4.7 million dollar rehabilitation project for McNaughton Avenue and Murray Street in Wallaceburg is set to take place this year.
Adam Sullo, director of engineering and transportation, said in an e-mail obtained by the Sydenham Current they are waiting until the spring to begin construction.
“We did award the contract in October of last year and left it up to the contractor whether they wanted to do some work last year or start in 2017,” Sullo wrote.
“They opted to start in 2017 as we required them to maintain any disturbed areas over the winter. We expect to have a startup meeting in March and likely have them on-site at some point in April.”
Huron Construction Co. Ltd. of Chatham was the winner of a $4.7 million tender for the project.
Sullo said in a report the project consists of road reconstruction of McNaughton Avenue from Murray Street to the south limits of the Lord Selkirk Bridge and Murray Street from Baseline Road to McNaughton Avenue.
“These improvements consist of full asphat pavement replacement, curb & gutter, sidewalks, subdrains, catch basins, and traffic signal improvements,” Sullo said in a report.
It is also recommended that milling and paving be completed to a point 600m south of Baseline, to tie into the Ministry of Transportation’s recent paving contract which would complete the connecting link south of the Lord Selkirk Bridge, Sullo said.
Back in January of 2016, council approved the application of the project under the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) Connecting Links Program.
Through the program, the Province of Ontario is investing $20 million in 2016-2017 for the construction and repair of roads and bridges on connecting links which will increase to $25 million in 2017-2018 and to $30 million per year by 2018-2019.
The Ministry will provide funding of up to 90% to a maximum of $3 million of eligible capital costs for approved projects.
Chatham-Kent was successful in obtaining approval for the full $3 million dollars in funding to apply towards this project, with the Municipality picking up the remainder of the tab.
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