Vegreville News Advertiser - May 26, 2021

Town of Vegreville 2021 Capital Works Projects Overview

Michelle Pinon News Advertiser

Things will soon be heating up on the construction front in Vegreville.

In terms of capital works projects, there are two major ones slated for this summer. Dale Lefebvre, Infrastructure, Planning & Development for the Town of Vegreville expects to receive tender bids for those major projects later in the week.

Lefebvre said that some base work, asphalt, and concrete work will be done on 45 Avenue from the pump house water reservoir on 48 Street west to the Legion cenotaph on 49 Street.

There will be an asphalt overlay on 50 Street from 48 Avenue, stretching from the Provincial Building to the CN crossing on the north side of 52 Avenue. It will also include some concrete work where it’s needed.

Lefebvre said a total of $1,050,000 has been budgeted for those projects.

The tender for the lift station at Prosperity Park has been awarded to Excalibur Mechanical Ltd. for $2.3 million. Lefebvre said the company is confirming sourcing of materials, and that will determine when the project will begin.

Lefebvre said the company will dig a deep hole, nine metres deep, to accommodate the precast concrete container, (wet well) that measures 7metres by 8 metres in size. The building itself will be larger than that, and it will be equipped with large back generators and a septic receiving system. That system will also allow for additional pump sizes and has the capability to twin lines to the lagoons.

The lift station is one of three projects in Prosperity Park. Another project will be for onsite services which include: grading of lots, installation of storm, water, sewer, power, and fibre optic lines as well as street lighting. “Basically, everything you need for an industrial development.” The budgeted amount for this project is $3.2 million.

The offsite project will involve the installation of the waterline to the development. It will also take sewer from the development to the lift station which takes the affluent to the lagoons. The budgeted amount for this project is $2.7 million.

“We’re very excited to get this development underway,” added Lefebvre. The total estimated cost of the entire industrial development is $9.9 million.