Meaford council has approved a $287,000 tender for the reconstruction and infrastructure replacement of Grey Road 7.
During a council meeting on April 11, CAO Rob Armstrong brought forward a report. It recommended awarding the tender to R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited, and to enter into the necessary agreement.
The report says in 2021, the municipality was notified by Grey County they would be reconstructing Grey Road 7 between 500 St. Vincent Street and Muir Street in 2023. This work was scheduled to construct a new turning lane into the Georgian Bay Community School.
The municipality was asked by the county if there was an interest in coordinating the infrastructure work in the area.
The project will consist of the replacement of municipal water, county storm water, and the reconstruction of the road surface and base for about 900 metres from 500 St. Vincent Street, to 200 metres south of Muir Street.
The report says the existing 100 millimetre cast iron watermain on Grey Road 7, located between 500 St. Vincent Street and 200 metres south of Muir Street, needs to be replaced due to insufficient sizing and historical break data.
The project also seeks to install necessary valves and imporvments to prepare for a possible future watermain along Muir Street to service Centre Street and Union Street. This would prevent the need to reconstruct the intersection between 2023 and the next road resurfacing for Grey Road 7.
The engineering components of the projects for the Grey Road 7 Infrastructure Replacement and Road Reconstruction of 500 St. Vincent Street to Muir Street, and Muir Street to 197714 Grey Road 7 will be split in half between the municipality and the County of Grey.
Coun. Tony Bell says he is happy to see the costs for the project will be split between the municipality and the county.
“This is going to be a collaborative effort between our municipality and Grey County. I think if I jotted down the numbers right, the whole project is $3.7 million and we are into it for $1.6 million doing the infrastructure work that needs to be done on behalf of the municipality of Meaford,” says Bell.
The project is set to be completed in two phases over 2022 and 2023, with the rehabilitation and contract administration set to be completed next year.
