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| Work Detail | Extra funds leftover from the 2016 Lanark County construction projects means additional work can be done this year. Terry McCann, the county’s director of public works, provided the good news to county councillors during the Aug. 31 public works committee meeting. He noted that all budgeted projects for the year have been completed, which included bridge work on the George Street bridge in Lanark; the replacement of a box culvert on Highway 511, relining of three large steel culverts on County Road 10 between Perth and Franktown at Coburn Creek; and Andrewsville Bridge upgrades. “We did Andrewsville Bridge stringer repairs on the north end of the bridge and repaired some of the running boards on the top of the Andrewsville Bridge,” McCann explained. “We don’t have any overruns, all came in within a couple per cent of the budget. So, you don’t lose money on every bridge job.” Several road rehabilitations were also finished: County roads 1, 6, 19, 24 and 36; and surface treatment overlays were put on County roads 8 and 16. Micro-surfacing was also completed on County roads 8, 9, 19 and 24. After all is said and done, McCann said there are leftover funds in the budget for public works capital projects. “Basically what we have, after construction, we have approximately $320,000 leftover from the capital budget,” he remarked. “Good tender prices and favourable asphalt and fuel index prices have been the largest contributors of that.” McCann suggested to county councillors that $250,000 of those funds be spent on additional projects and outlined a series of options for them to consider, beginning with a micro scratch coat on Highway 43 between Perth and Port Elmsley for $210,000 and $40,000 to replace culverts on a various county roads. “It would be a micro-scratch coat or base coat for micro (on Highway 43),” he said. “We’re planning on doing it from Perth to Smiths Falls next year but the portion from Perth to Port Elmsley is starting to get a little bit questionable, where the cracks are and it’s starting to open up a bit. We do have a micro contract that could possibly be extended and also we would do some culvert replacements.” The second option is strictly the replacement of 18 to 20 culverts on county roads for $250,000. “We went through the list and we still have 50 culverts that are in the one to five year range that are supposed to be replaced,” McCann noted. “We’ve been doing about $250,000 to $260,000 a year and we still have 50 to go. That’s another option.” The third suggestion would see the repaving of 2.5-kilometres of County Road 23 from Highway 43 to Guthrie Road with paved shoulders for $250,000 as well, while the last option proposes removing the rock and ditching on County Road 6, east of Hanna Road for $100,000, eight culvert replacements on county roads for $100,000, and three cable guide rail replacements on County roads 16 and 511 for $50,000. “We would do some equipment reno work on County Road 6 ahead of next year’s job, which we are not chewing up the pavement in that location,” McCann stated. County Coun. Aubrey Churchill (Drummond/North Elmsley reeve) said that options were appreciated “but the question I have is, what is your main option? What do you think should be done?” McCann indicated that his preferred option would be the first one, “because we’re a little bit worried about the surface of Highway 43 over the winter. It’s getting worse and we’ll have to spend a little extra money doing repairs prior to micro next year.” Councillors endorsed the first option, which was formally approved during the Sept. 7 council meeting. Coun. Jerry Flynn (Carleton Place deputy mayor) asked McCann to explain the micro-surfacing process. “It’s the same thing that’s on County Road 29, right from one end to the other, so it’s a natural-based project that is basically mixed with stone dust so that it flows over the road and then it hardens up quickly,” he explained, adding one of the benefits is the material fills cracks and holes. “That keeps the water out and it’s a lot cheaper than obviously hot mix asphalt is.” McCann said Highway 43 would require two lifts of micro-surfacing. The portion from Perth to Port Elmsley would get one lift this year and then another would be done next year and work would continue to Smiths Falls. He indicated it was last re-surfaced eight years ago, but the section from Smiths Falls to Port Elmsley had crack sealing prior to the micro-surface treatment, but from Port Elmsley to Perth did not. “And you can sort of see the results,” he commented. “The other thing is, they say micro is only supposed to be good for five to seven years. We’re going constantly to try and get eight to 12 years out of it. We did well, we got eight years out of that.” “There’s two ways you can use micro,” McCann continued. “You use micro on a good road to keep a road good, you use it on bad roads to extend the life so you wait until you have to chew that road up and replace the asphalt. So that’s basically what we’re doing on Highway 43 from Perth to Port Elmsley. The next time we do it, it’s going to be in the millions of dollars to do that road.” |
| Country | Canada , Northern America |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Entry Date | 15 Oct 2016 |
| Source | http://www.insideottawavalley.com/news-story/6844542-lanark-county-construction-projects-come-in-320-000-under-budget/ |
