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North Bay City Council will vote, Tuesday, on a staff recommendation to award a $3.75-million contract for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of a 1.6-kilometre section of Trout Lake Road — from just west of Mountainview Drive to Lees Road — to Ed Seguin & Sons Trucking & Paving Ltd.
The Ontario-funded Connecting Links program is slated to cover $3 million of the overall cost of the project that began with the rehabilitation of the section of Trout Lake Road between Giroux Street and Mountainview Drive in 2017, including the railway overpass. That initial phase wrapped up in 2018.
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According to the associated staff report, the contractor will pulverize the road and pave it with three new lifts of asphalt. The work will also see the replacement of the existing storm sewer system to improve drainage and a 782-metre length of "substandard guiderail" will also be replaced.
The project also includes the addition of bike lanes on either side of the 1.6-kilometre stretch of Trout Lake Road and a sidewalk linking Mountainview and Lakeside Drive. To facilitate, sections of the roadway adjacent to the retaining wall on the escarpment side and in front of the Average Joe’s property will be completely reconstructed.
The report states this roadway is an important link connecting North Bay's urban settlement area with its rural area and "faces significant challenges from overland flows — especially in the wintertime — when water freezes on the roadway due to insufficient drainage and grades...any detours around this portion of Trout
Lake Road would require vehicles to travel more than 10 additional kilometres around."
The staff report shows Sturgeon Falls-based Ed Seguin & Sons scored the highest among 10 submissions in an evaluation taking into account company ability, experience, and price. The Seguin bid is deemed to provide the "best overall value to the City," and is "considered fair and reasonable."
