Belleville City Council will be looking at an amendment to increase the total budget for the Avonlough Sewage Pumping Station project by about $30 million.
This comes after city staff put forward a recommendation on accepting the lowest bid from Peak Construction Group Ltd. in the amount of $38,192,900
(excluding HST) for work on Contract 1 of the project.
The project is an infrastructure initiative that the city says is required to support planned growth within the West Belleville Secondary Plan area, including approximately 9,000 residential units at full build-out.
It is separated into two contracts, Contract 1 and Contract 2.
Contract 1 is for the Avonlough Pumping Station itself and twin forcemains to connect to the gravity sewer on Bridge Street West near Palmer Road.
As for Contract 2, is for the conveyance piping along all of Bridge Street West to the existing pipe crossing of the Moira River.
Construction on Contract 1 would begin this summer and be completed by December 2028.
Contract 2 is planned to be tendered by the end of this summer, with construction commencing in the Fall 2026 and completed by December 2028.
The project was initially budgeted for $55 million, but according to a report to council, although there is sufficient funding to award Contract 1, there is insufficient funding for Contract 2 to complete the project following the bid.
Because of this, staff are recommending that the capital budget for Avonlough Pumping Station be amended to include $30 million in additional funding.
