The 2012 Cast Iron Pipe Replacement Program has seen a small delay, however the Town is confident the project will be completed before the frost sets in.
According to Brian Bolduc, Town of Drumheller Utilities Manager, the construction meeting for the project is now slated for August 21, and construction is to begin shortly thereafter.
M.Piderney’s Trucking was awarded the contract earlier this summer. This is part of the Cast Iron Pipe Replacement Program to get rid of older plumbing infrastructure in the core, which has been deteriorating.
He is confident the contractor will be efficient, judging by previous experiences.
“When they get going, they go, he said, adding it is important to finish up before the weather turns.”
“These are the issues we face when it’s late in the year and you have frozen waterlines, and frozen dirt in the holes and asphalt.”
This stretch of the project will go roughly from the Drumheller Legion, east across Centre Street and continue in the lane-way behind the Napier Theatre. It will then head north down the alley past the Civic Centre to about the Sizzling Family Restaurant.
Bolduc indicated there would be little disruption to regular traffic as most of the project is in laneway and not on main roads.
The biggest disruption will be near the Legion,” said Bolduc. “Most of the town people won’t see much.”
He said they expect two more seasons of the program to get rid of the cast iron waterlines, however it will be more into the central residential area of the core.
