Northumberland County – Roadwork Bid is Good News

In City Hall

By Cecilia Nasmith/Today’s Northumberland
Northumberland County will get more roadwork done than expected with what was allocated in its 2024 budget, council’s Public Works committee heard Monday.

A report from Infrastructure Manager Peter Deshane noted that $3.7-million had been approved to tackle three projects – three km. of County Road 15 between County Roads 9 and 18 in Hamilton Township, 3.7 km. of County Road 41 between County Roads 30 and 26 in Brighton, and the entrance to the Bewdley Community Recycling Centre – as well as miscellaneous asphalt padding.

Of the four bids received, Drain Brothers Excavating Limited was the lowest with their bid of $2,789,075.73, including provisional items and non-recoverable HST, putting it under budget by $580,924.

Deshane listed other work that could be tackled with these fund, including rehabilitating 4.9 km. of County Road 64 (in partnership with the Municipality of Brighton), design work for upgrades to County Roads 22 and 25 in Castleton, detailed design and preliminary construction work for improvements to the Welcome intersection, and various maintenance and pavement-preservation jobs.

Deshane noted that, during this work, one lane of traffic would remain open. Committee member John Logel asked how long traffic would be restricted to one lane, but Deshane said the interruptions would be intermittent – a day here and a day there as things progressed.

Cecilia Nasmith
Author: Cecilia Nasmith

Join Our Newsletter!

Want to keep up to date on news and events in Northumberland? Subscribe to newsletter!

You may also read!

Ontario Increasing Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund to $600 Million

$100 million increase will support 390 municipalities across the province As part of the provincial government’s historic increase to financial

Read More...

Canada’s Donation of New Air Defence System Arrives in Ukraine

The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, has announced that Canada’s donation of a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile

Read More...

Northumberland OPP – Warkworth Inmate Charged with Assault

The Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged another person in relation to an assault which

Read More...

Mobile Sliding Menu