The City of North Battleford has received a little bit of good financial news after all the bad news from the provincial budget.
The good news is that the low bid for its 2017 Capital Works Project - Underground Utilities tender came in under budget.
The low bid from Sanburn Construction Ltd. of Battleford came in at $962,496.96, well under the $1.11 million budget estimate for the work. That bid includes the PST.
That bid came in under three other bids during the tender process.
City Manager Jim Puffalt was delighted to see the bids come in under budget, even with the PST now included in the price after the provincial budget changes in March.
“That was a major concern,” Puffalt had said that “it would start affecting the amount of work we would do.” So far, it has not, he indicated.
He congratulated the Planning and Development Department and also City Engineer Bob Anthony for getting the tender back so quickly.
The contract would include the underground utilities portion of the UPAR projects for 2017. There is also a roadways component that is separate from this contract.
The work would include the 101st Street rehabilitation from 11th to 12th Avenue, 97th Street from 13th to 15th Avenue, 99th Street from 12th to 13th Ave., the hydrant replacement program, and the 17th Avenue rehabilitation from 104th to 106th Street.
