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County proceeds with Ferintosh upgrades

By Murray Green

Camrose County council awarded the work for the Ferintosh water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades to Whitson Contracting at the regular council meeting on July 27.

“I move that work for the Ferintosh water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades for the submitted price of $1,041,850 plus GST, with funding to come from the ACP Transition and Infrastructure grant from the dissolution of the Village of Ferintosh and the Federal Gas Tax funding allocated as a result of the dissolution of the village,” said councillor Doug Lyseng.

An infrastructure assessment study was completed for the newly dissolved hamlet of Ferintosh in 2020. Through that study, deficiencies throughout the hamlet’s infrastructure were identified, along with the risk associated with these issues. ISL also provided high-level cost estimates to correct each deficiency.

Overall budget for 2021 among the four Ferintosh infrastructure upgrade projects must be balanced, so overages in one project may correspond to reductions in another. During budgeting for 2021, the following were identified as the breakdown of the project expense allocations: roads, sidewalks and drainage $303,060; wastewater collection network $405,434; wastewater lift station $296,312; and water distribution $235,760; for a total of $1,240,566.

“We won’t need a lot in the area of roads, sidewalks and drainage, so those funds will be added to the other three areas,” explained administrator Paul King.

“In addition to the water and wastewater upgrades, a community survey was prepared and distributed to gather input from Ferintosh residents on what sort of upgrades they might hope to see with regards to roads, sidewalks and drainage. It is worth noting that through the survey, it was confirmed that the bulk of the residents in Ferintosh did not seem to have a significant interest in upgrading the aboveground infrastructure, which has resulted in the bulk of these funds being reallocated for the water and wastewater project.”

When Ferintosh dissolved from a village, it became a hamlet under Camrose County and a study was conducted to review the needs of the community.

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