Yorkton Council awarded the 2019 Circlebrooke Drive Phase 2 – Underground Utility Upgrades contract to Wyonzek Bros Construction for their bid of $633,748.68 (taxes included), at its regular meeting of Council Monday.
Over the past three years the City of Yorkton has spent approximately $560,000 annually on its water-main replacement program. Pipe replacement is based on break frequency. Portions of Circlebrooke Drive currently have the highest break frequency of the entire distribution system. In 2018, water-main replacement was initiated on Circlebrooke, detailed a report circulated at Monday’s meeting.
“For 2019 and beyond, the program will continue to replace aging cast-iron piping which is currently the most prone to failures,” said Director of Public Works – Trent Mandzuk, with the City.
This year approximately 390 meters of water-line on Circlebrooke Drive between Riverview Road and Rosefield Drive is scheduled for replacement. This project will be funded through the 2019 Environmental Services operating budget.
Wyonzek Bros Construction completed the first phase of water-main replacement on Circlebrooke Drive in 2018.
The cost to replace a lineal meter of pipe is approximately 10 per cent higher for this year in comparison to 2018 unit rates.
