The City of Lloydminster is committing additional funds for work on 40 Ave. through a change order.
A change order is an agreement that makes changes to the overall scope of work.
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Additional work will include ditch grading, the installation of localized storm sewer infrastructure and the development of a 3-metre-wide asphalt concrete pavement walking trail linking 44 St. to 41 St.
“Included within this scope of work was the rehabilitation of 40 Ave. between 41 St. and 44 St. As such, to take advantage of favourable unit prices, contractor availability, as well as to assist with the completion of adjacent property development agreement conditions, administration secured unit pricing through Knelsen Sand & Gravely Ltd,” said James Rogers, senior manager, capital infrastructure.
Coun. Justin Vance asked how this work will affect the timeline of the ongoing work.
“Our direction to them will be to have 40 Ave. between 41 and 44 St. rehabilitated and put back into service for traffic. Then, we will transition to completing whatever ditch grading and walking trail work we have remaining,” said Rogers, noting the expected completion date will be pushed back.
“We know the contract completion date will be pushed back from Aug. 29 to some time in mid-September,” said Rogers.
Council approved two motions, one of which was for administration to commit an additional $280,000 from third-party sources to the project.
“Third-party sources would be through the development agreement with the developer of the lands adjacent,” said Don Stang, executive manager of operations. “That would be collected in the future. We would be funding up front and collecting in the future.”
The second motion will see an increase to the contract amount to Knelsen Sand and Gravel Ltd., in the amount of $240,130 with a 15 per cent contingency of $36,019.50.
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