Valley residents will begin to notice paving taking place over the next few months.
The Street Improvement Program (SIP) for 2015’s contract was awarded to Metro Paving and Road Building Ltd this summer. The cost for Metro to complete the projects after GST is $998,178.34.
There are four areas in Drumheller that will be getting a face lift, and two in Wayne.
In the town centre, a storm sewer will be put in, in the back lane behind the town office. Along Riverside Drive, from west of 9th Street East to west of 14th Street E will be re-done, and then in the southwest, on 12th Street West from highway 575 to ATCO Road 2014 will be resurfaced as well as, 1st Street SW from 7th Avenue SW to 8th Avenue SW will also be completed.
In Wayne, Jewell Street fro
m the CNR tracks to the hotel parking lot will be completed as well as 2 nd Street from 1 st Avenue to the end of the pavement will be completed.
“Over and above that, there is still about $400,000 that we can dedicate to that project. That will be mostly smaller jobs like patch jobs, if there is a dip or if there is some side walk that needs to be replaced then we will be using that extra money to do that work,” Mayor Terry Yemen said.
“What I can say about paving is there is nev
er enough money for the paving that needs to be done. It is done on a cycle. Everybody wants a brand new road in front of their house, but the reality of it is, we can’t afford that so we have to look at the worst case and address those areas,” he said. “You can’t make everyone happy. Administration is looking at it and saying these are the ones that need to be repaired now… All the roads are on a cycle and eventually they are all going to get done, it is all directed by money.”
Paving is expected to begin June 15.
