Tranquille sewer main project slightly behind schedule, but paving work to wrap up this year

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“We are a little bit behind schedule,” Kachel told CFJC. “This was meant to be done a couple weeks ago but being an old corridor, there were some surprises so we had to re-tool our approach a bit. We want to make sure we do a good job and we don’t have to come back, so we’re taking the time to do it right.”

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“We’re installing about 2.2 kilometres of trunk main and it’s probably one of the most important pipes in the city. The impacts moved from block to block and we appreciate everyone’s patience. This will be done soon and we will pave this year, and the detours will be removed.”

Construction resumed in February this year after a brief winter break, and Kachel said the city expects to have the entire project wrapped up by the spring next year. He noted work this winter and early next spring will be weather dependent.

“It’s important to fix this stuff before there is a problem,” Kachel added. “Things are aging out but when we do this preventative work, we don’t have spills and we don’t have service outages. These pipes should be good for 75 years and it’s large enough to facilitate growth as well.”

While there will still be some intermittent disruptions next year so crews can complete beautification and other surface work, Kachel noted it won’t be as significant as the last two years.

“This was a hard project and then the detours that it created through the neighbourhoods was a big issue because people were speeding,” Kachel said. “We actually had to spend a lot of time on that trying to manage how everything moved around this site, but I think everybody has been really understanding and great about it.”

“We’re happy to get out of the way and I’m sure everyone will be happy for us to be out of here.”

While the Tranquille sewer project was initially estimated to cost around $28 million, about $13 million of which will be funded through a grant, it’s now expected to cost around $26 million.

“As far as I know right now, we’re okay price wise,” Kachel said. “It’ll be very close to that amount when we’re done.”