The tender was awarded this week for the year’s street improvement program, with work commencing in early July on Hunts Drive and in the downtown.
A full reconstruction of Hunts Drive from 1st Street SE to 11th Avenue SE is planned. This will leave the center portion of Hunts Crescent to be completed. Director of infrastructure Armia Mikhaiel explains the centre portion will be completed next year. This is because of drainage issues, as the middle section has weeping tile that needs to be connected. Improvements will also be made on 2nd Avenue N downtown from Centre Street to 2nd Street SW.
Council awarded the tender to Rubydale Asphalt Works of Airdrie for $1,177,656, coming in under budget by $157,773. Since the project is under budget, Mikhaiel said the planned work will likely be expanded to include additional sidewalk and concrete work.
Costs of the project are shared between the town and the province.
