REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: September 27, 2022 Report No. EPW-22-015
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Joel Clary, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
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Various Surface Works and Underground Utility Projects Contract Award
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council award construction contracts for Lyall Street Improvements without improvements on the south side of Lyall Street east of Macaulay Street, Archie Browning Parking Lot New Sidewalk, 393 Fraser and 1193 Munro Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement, and Saxe Point Park Bathroom Sanitary Sewer Connection, as described in Staff Report EPW-22-015.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Purchasing and Disposal Bylaw, 2014, No. 2845
Active Transportation Network Plan
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy, Livable and Diverse Community
Local Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND:
The Township recently posted two tenders for surface works (Attachment 1) and underground utility works (Attachment 2). Each tender included multiple projects that were identified in the 2022 to 2026 Financial Plan. Background information is provided below on each project included in the two tenders.
Project 1 - Constance Avenue New Sidewalk
The Constance Avenue sidewalk project on the east side of Constance Avenue south of Lyall Street consists of the following improvements:
- Replacing an existing asphalt sidewalk with a 1.8m wide concrete sidewalk from Lyall Street south to 457 Constance Avenue;
- Constructing a new sidewalk between 457 Constance Avenue and the mid-block path that connects to Admirals Road south of 431 Constance Avenue; and
- Mid-block pathway repairs to make it more accessible.
These improvements were identified in the Township's Sidewalk Master Plan as a priority. In 2020 Council approved funding for these projects through the Community Works Fund. A consultant completed the detailed design in 2021 and 2022. The design provides a continuous sidewalk on the east side of Const...
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