Bay Bulls approves additional bills for Northside Road project

By Mark Squibb

Bay Bulls council last week approved two change orders for the Northside Road upgrade project.

The first was for installation of additional culvert and additional rockfill at a cost of $6,885, plus HST. The second was to increase the area of the retaining wall installation to match the supplier’s pre-cut paneling. This move increased the area by 65.2 metre squared for a cost of $63,244 plus HST.

As the original tender came in underbudget, the change orders will be absorbed by surplus funding.

The $1.8 million project has been split between all three levels of government, with the province footing 50 percent of the bill and the federal government footing 40 percent of the bill, leaving the Town on the hook for only 10 percent ($184,088.)