Whistler council awarded a contract worth $642,500 to Drake Excavating Ltd. on July 6 for a sewer corrosion repair project.
The project includes upgrading five sewer manholes and replacing sections of sewer gravity and force mains between Spruce Grove Way and Nancy Greene Drive on the west side of Fitzsimmons Creek.
“This area of the RMOW sanitary sewer system is an important junction where flows from Alpine Meadows and Whistler Village to the Spruce Grove area meet, and is then discharged to the sanitary trunk main,” said capital projects coordinator Samuel Thompson in a report to council.
The project was initiated after the RMOW found “significant corrosion” during its ongoing sewer system assessment program, Thompson said, adding that it will replace sections of the sewer system to prevent failure of corroded manholes, as well as prevent further corrosion.
Drake Excavation’s bid was the lowest of three, and the only one to come in below the engineer’s estimate of $688,375.
RMOW staff has posted signage and created a webpage for the project at www.whistler.ca/services/construction-projects/sewer-manhole-and-main-upgrades.
A temporary detour will be available for pedestrians and cyclists, and the affected section of the Valley Trail will be repaved once work is completed this fall.
