By Mark Squibb
Bay Bulls council last week ratified an earlier e-mail vote to allow construction of a temporary road to conduct a groundwater assessment for a potential subdivision off Cemetery Road West.
The e-mail vote of September 18 granted Southern Construction permission to construct a temporary access road, a maximum of four meters in width, that followed the route of the concept plan included with the application. The Town was not to be held responsible for any expenses incurred by the contractor regardless of the outcome.
Development of the subdivision is contingent on approval of a Crown Land application and further approval of council.
Council approved construction of the temporary road unanimously.
Following that motion, council also approved a ratification of a change order to phase two of the Long Pond Walking Trail project.
The change order, the second for this phase of the work, was for an increased quantity of materials used during construction. The contractor found some areas of the trail wetter than anticipated and thus required more materials to satisfy a walking standard. The total cost of the additional quantities amounted to $20,064, HST included.
Phase two of the project will see an additional 1.5 kilometres of trail added to the existing 2.5 kilometres. Phase two was estimated at a cost of $484,292. The provincial government agreed to contribute $290,575 towards the project, and the Town successfully applied for federal Capital Investment Plan (CIP) funding to cover its portion of the work, some $193,717.
