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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-04-08, Page 10Page A10 - Goderich Signal -Star Wednesday, April 8, 2009 • • Return of winter changes roadwork plans in Goderich Gerard Crease signal -star staff While heavy snows Sunday night and Monday morning put a slight delay on roadwork plans in Goderich, Public Works manager Chip Wilson said the town is ready to go for its 2009 projects and setting its sights on ones further down the road. Work was set to begin Monday on McDonald Street from Raglan to Blake, completing what was begun last year. "We were going to start this morn- ing," he said Monday. "But the weather has kind of changed plans." Water mains in that stretch of road will be replaced, and the road itself will be resurfaced. Wilson said workers ran out of time last year, and didn't want to be working while the ice was in at the busy Memo- rial Arena. The project is looking at a completion date of mid -late May and costs in the neighbourhood of $170,000. Meanwhile, tenders for Elgin Ave- nue - the town's only other scheduled road work this summer - were opened last week at the March 30 meeting of councilor It was a unanimous decision - Lavis Contracting will be doing sanitary sew- er and resurfacing between Wellington and Waterloo Streets. The work comes at a cost of $357,237.30 and is expected to be com- pleted by July 10. Lavis is also doing the road work on McDonald Street. "Their plans are once they finish on FOR 48 MONTHS WITH LAA $ • @ PER17 1.9°' .6,99. MSRP$ /APR FOR CMC DX SEDAN illii111 unalsipnpoi giva WWI s gain! gitint I. qi 'Ins! 1 1111111 41111111 4114111 Dow! 1111611 :11111111 fiRif 111111111 FdQ llS��' PER MONTH FOR 48 MONTHS WITH $6.092 DOWN ON APPROVED CREDIT 527,790 MSRP FOR CR -V LX 1443A. On o& Moeda Dialsoo TN SMARTER rwrm our. www.liordaOntsrle.co* orrlciAL PANTOS' MacDonald, they'll move over to Elgin when they've got the crew and equip- ment here" Wilson said that's it for ready -to -go road work for the town this summer, however there are a number of projects in the pre -engineering stage. "As of right now, that's what we have," he said. "There are other streets that are going to be tendered but at a later date." Included in those plans are South Street from Blake to Britannia, which would get a full reconstruction of both water main and sewer; St. David Street from Kingston Street to Victoria will also get a full reconstruction as would Colborne from The Square to Nelson street. "That's what . the plans are for 2009," Wilson said. "Still pending engineering." No dates are set for South, St. David or Colborne Streets yet, and no tenders have been sent out either. BM Ross is handling the pre -engi- neering. In earlier budget sessions, the town set aside $100,000 for the pre -engineering. United Way em r agencies Bars Btg Sisters South- `Huron, North Huron y Ontario, : uron Peres -or ce •FaItriily St� rvlces Perth Huron c. ►North Huron Special Transit +Corporationr� •V,O.N. Perth*Huron Branch is Away) *Win 4, once: tth ct Camrmuni` living A pcOc1adon 'Wo n+ n's Std Fund allocation expected in April From Page 1 McDonnell said the charity may have to make some hard decisions in their • shortfall. It might not be able to provide some one-time grants, but it is too soon to say what cuts may have to be made. Recognizing that the demand on the . ten member agencies have also in- creased, the allocations committee is currently meeting to determine how to appropriately allocate the funds UW has raised and will be announced by the end of April. While one campaign falls slightly undergoal, another is reporteddly right on track. According to Cpt. Krista Andrews, the Salvation Army has been keeping on tar- get with their fundraising efforts, up, in fact, after the Christmas season. "We haven't felt it locally yet, but we expect at some point we will," she said.