The municipality’s costs from a major flood on June 23 may total around $400,000, the township’s CAO estimates.
Brad McRoberts told council staff is finalizing municipal damage costs that will be submitted to the province as part of an application for disaster relief funding.
“We’re looking at in the neighbourhood of $400,000,” McRoberts told council on Aug. 8.
Also at the meeting, council authorized work on two storm-related repair projects.
The repair of a washed out abutment at a 3rd Line bridge was awarded to Roubus Farm Service Limited for the quoted price of $58,925.
Council also authorized staff to award the contract for repair of a failed slope on the 3rd Line to the bidder that is closest to or lower than the township engineers’ repair estimate for the job.
Staff requested council pre-authorize the repair before tenders are received due to the urgency of the work.
“This section of roadway sustained critical damage in the way of significant longitudinal slope washout,” states a report from public works director Sam Mattina.
“The excessive velocity and volume of rain runoff travelling down this roadway and then spilling over the road embankment created a significant detrimental impact to the road substructure, resulting in extensive longitudinal cracking and separation, thus compromising the integrity of the existing road edge and travelled portion.”
Councillor Michael Martin asked McRoberts if he anticipates problems obtaining provincial funding for the storm-related work.
“I can’t speak on what the ministry or the province is going to accept or not accept … the major point is that we really don’t have an alternative,” McRoberts said.
“We’ve just kind of got to do it and keep our fingers crossed.”
Councillor Dennis Craven agreed, noting the slope work was particularly urgent.
“If we get much more deterioration at that spot were going to … start to see the road slip away,” he said.
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