Upgrades are planned for the Town of Stettler wastewater treatment plant in the near future.
At its regular meeting April 20, town council awarded a contract to M. Pidherney’s Trucking Ltd. at a cost of $456,428.73, the lowest of five bids.
With funding from the Canada-Alberta Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, the project will combine cells B and C into one cell, replace the cross-over structures and raise the berm height, with the work scheduled to be complete by this July.
“M. Pidherney’s Trucking Ltd. has stated that they are anxious to start this project this year to take advantage of the lower levels of effluent in the existing facility at this time,” stated a letter from Phil Nelson, project manager for Tagish Engineering.
“Since the project is supported by federal funding, we are obligated to award the lowest tender,” said Mayor Dick Richards.
Street improvements on 50A Avenue
Council awarded a tender to replace a watermain, storm sewer and to improve 50A Avenue to Wally’s Backhoe Services for $36,862.25, the lowest of five bids.
Council opposes gravel mining
Committed to protect riverbanks and land, council consented to write a letter to Alberta Environment Minister Rob Renner to file the town’s objection to gravel mining in alluvial aquifers along the Red Deer River and Medicine River alluvial aquifer, one of the most significant alluvial aquifers along the Red Deer River, in support of the position of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission.
Gravel mining along the Red Deer River basin threatens the health of the river, states a letter from Mountain View.
Any action that has the potential to negatively affect the quality of available water must be of central concern in this area of Alberta, where scientific long-term forecasts of water availability are alarming.