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News Advertiser
september 16, 2020
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Reconstruction of Vegreville’s Roads
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent The Town of Vegreville hired Border Paving Ltd. to do reconstruction on the roads and other maintenance on August 12 on the roadways between 51 Street and 48 Avenue and 52 Avenue. As well, as of August 31, re-construction began on 48 Avenue between 52 Street and 53 Street so; traffic has now been blocked from this roadway. Kerina Sorochan, Planning and Development Coordinator for Vegreville, said these projects were planned as a single project for the 2020 Capital Works projects which involved sanitary sewer replacement, water main upgrades, sidewalk replacement, and road reconstruction. “The town budgeted $1,653,000 for the 2020 Capital Works project as they felt it was necessary to do this project because both of these roads surfaces were at the end of their life span and required reconstruction. It is the town’s standard practice to replace water main valves and assess the existing hydrants as well as remove and replace the sidewalks where needed in projects such as these. The sanitary sewer on 51 Street was also at the point of requiring replacement.”
Work on he roadway between 48 Avenue and 52 Street and 53 Street well underway Rosanne Fortier/photo)
Vegreville Council Chambers Reno Proposal Under Discussion
Michelle Pinon News Advertiser Converting the former Vegreville RCMP Detachment into new council chambers is just part of a renovation proposal that was discussed at the Aug. 18 legislative committee meeting. Under the proposed floor plan it would not only accommodate council chambers but a community meeting room, emergency coordination center as well as space for a council office, private meeting room, kitchenette, and storage space. Community Services Director Phil Rowe said the
request to enhance council chambers is due to ineffective usage and congestion. There is also a need for a proper audio-visual system to accommodate live-streaming of meetings and presentations. The original proposal, came with a price tag of $2.5 million, but was not accepted, noted Rowe, so they looked at other options and scaled back the proposal and cost estimates to include $130,000 for the renovation, $66,000 for audio-visual, and $20,000 for furnishings for a total of $216,000.
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