COUNTY OF WELLINGTON – As a way of improving county roads and bridges, the county’s roads committee approved three tender works to Cox Construction Ltd. for three different rehabilitation projects.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the committee approved three contracts for three projects to a Guelph business, Cox Construction Ltd.:
- The rehabilitation of Marden Creek bridge and the asphalt rehabilitation of Wellington Road 7 between Highway 6 and Wellington Road 51 was awarded for a price of $1,569,484.84 exclusive of HST at 13 per cent;
- The surface pavement and shoulder gravel on Wellington Road 50 between Wellington Road 24 to the 5th line in Erin work was approved for a cost of $523,223.83 exclusive of HST;
- The asphalt rehabilitation on Wellington Road 38 from Monkey bridge to Highway 6 near Marden Road in Guelph/Eramosa Township was awarded at a cost of $1,229,924.50 exclusive of HST
The work for all the projects involves cold in-place recycling with expanded asphalt material, cold planing, hot mix asphalt, structure rehabilitation, culvert replacements and pavement markings.
The second project has the highest estimated total project cost, projecting at $6.7 million.
Cox Construction Ltd.’s bid only covers construction costs and not the phase one and two expenditures, county labour and materials and contingency. Phase one and phase two expenditures cost $6 million.
The county will use the Ontario Community Infrastructure Funding (OCIF), Canada Community Build Funding (CCBF), roads capital reserve and tax levy for the surface pavement and shoulder gravel project.
Meanwhile, the Marden Creek bridge and asphalt project has an estimated total cost of $1.7 million. County will use its 2018 and 2020 tax levy as well as OCIF funding and its roads capital reserve.
Lastly, the rehabilitation of Wellington Road 38 has an estimated total cost of $1.4 million, and the county will use its 2022 capital budget, roads capital reserve and CCBF funding.
