YORKTON — At its June 3 meeting Yorkton Council approved the lone tender received for this year’s Concrete Replacement Program.
“The City of Yorkton’s Public Works department continues to plan for the future to improve programs & services plus repair and maintain curb & sidewalks within the City of Yorkton,” explained Aron Hershmiller, Director of Public Works with the city at the meeting.
To plan work Hershmiller noted, in the fall of 2024, the City partnered with City Logix Inc. / StreetScan, to capture and assess our roadways and sidewalks.
The review identified 151,000 meters of sidewalks (151km or just under approximately here to Regina), including 869 segments, he added.
The current estimated replacement cost for the entire sidewalk network totals in the 53 million dollar range, said Hershmiller.
“And with our current budget of $400,000 / year, that would suggest a 1:130 year replacement program,” he added. “It’s imperative to properly fund and complete maintenance and replacement programs, something we aim to increase year over year.”
“Sidewalks are assessed for cracks, surface distortions, and uplifts from trees and other factors, which provided an overall sidewalk condition index (SCI) assessment,” he said.
Hershmiller said the network was given a Sidewalk Condition Index (SCI).
“The SCI was 48 out of 100 which lands in the poor scale,” he said.
The situation has to do with sidewalk age.
“In Saskatchewan, concrete sidewalks generally last up to about 40 yrs. Factors like quality of materials installation techniques and weather conditions all play a role in their lifespan. We do have some sidewalks in the 80-100 year range but that’s becoming rarer unfortunately,” said Hershmiller.
As for the current year Hershmiller said, “In 2025, staff will be focusing our efforts on sidewalk uplifts to reduce trip hazards and for the purposes of this report and tender, will be replacing some curb and sidewalk in areas that have been recently identified in our 2025 mill and fill Asphalt Replacement Program. We will also be adding 18 pedestrian ramps, for improved accessibility and two concrete medians, one on York Road near Gladstone Ave. N. and one on Broadway St. W. near Bradbrooke Drive.”
The operational budget of $300,000 will cover the majority of the work within the 2025 concrete replacement program, he said, adding “The median on York Road will be covered through the York Road capital funds and the median on Broadway St. and some pedestrian ramps are approved through other capital projects.”
The work was tendered.
“We received one bid from a long time concrete contractor that has repeatedly completed work in the City of Yorkton,” said Hershmiller.
The single tender was from North Star Concrete Inc. for $357,450 plus PST, with a total project cost of $455,276.
Funding sources for this project include the following:
* 2025 – Operational – Curb & Sidewalk Maintenance - $300,000
* 2025 - Capital – York Road - $55,000
* 2025 – Capital – portion of the Pedestrian Crosswalk work $89,476.40.
Council was unanimous in approving the tender.
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