By Mark Squibb
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove council is paring back one capital works project and attempting to add to another.
During this week’s public meeting, council voted to reduce the scope of work for the storm runoff remediation and mitigation project to bring it within budget. The scope of work originally included Motion Bay Road, Motion Bay Road Extension, Skinner's Hill and Cribbies Road. Council will be removing Skinner's Hill and Cribbies Road from the project. Farrells Construction Ltd. was the lowest compliant bidder on the job, and will be named the successful bidder if it agrees to the changes made to the project to keep it within budget. Farrell’s initial bid came in at $95,195.
Council also voted to send a letter to the Provincial Government requesting additional funding for the Motion Bay Road Extension watermain protection project as the consultant has deemed that a retaining wall is necessary to protect the road structure and to ensure sufficient cover is maintained over the watermain. It’s estimated that adding the retaining wall to the project will cost somewhere between $35,000 to $50,000.
If the extra funding is not available, the Town has requested that the wall be added to its recent application for the next phase, phase 2, of the Motion Bay Road Extension project.
The provincial and federal governments have contributed some $256,000 in funding for the project, which includes ditching and erosion control measures along the extension as well as reinstatement of the ground cover over the existing watermain that currently services some 211 homes. The hope is the upgrades will help control storm water runoff and prevent future erosion of the ground cover.
