Title
Funding Request for Preliminary and Detailed Design of Range Road 32, Between Highway 16 and Township 530.
Proposed Motions
1. That Council approve $115,000.00 for Preliminary and Detailed Design of Range Road 32, between Township Road 530 and Highway 16, and
2. That Council direct Administration to fund the first proposed motion from unspent funds within the 2024 Asphalt Surfacing Program.
Body
Administration Recommendations
Administration supports the proposed motions, as presented. Approval of the design work in 2024 will ensure project readiness for 2025 and will provide an opportunity to complete ACP (hot mix) paving along Range Road 32 between Highway 16 and Duffield as one paving project.
Purpose
The funding request provides budget approval to complete design work in 2024 for the portion of Range Road 32 between Township Road 530 and Highway 16 (north section). Completing design in 2024 allows for an early tendering process on a planned 2025 project and provides opportunity to combine two initiatives into one, creating a more desirable project for would-be contractors to pursue. Administration sees this as an efficient and effective way to manage price inflation from recent construction tender pricing.
Summary
Council provided approval to complete ACP (hot-mix) paving along Range Road 32 between Duffield and Township 530 (south section) as part of the 2024-2027 Capital Infrastructure Program. The 2024 budget for the Asphalt Surfacing Program is $3,115,000 in 2024, of which approximately $600,000 was allocated to Range Road 32 (south section). The budget allocated for Range Road 32 (south section) has been largely unspent and could be used to complete the design work in 2024 for Range Road 32 (north section), subject to Council approval.
Detailed design and pre-tender estimates were completed in Q1 2024 for the south section. The updated cost estimate identified that we had under-valued the project when the initial budget was approved and insufficien...
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