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Robron Park surplus rolled into extra lights Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR
Robron Park is getting brighter thanks to the artificial turf field running under budget. Council heard at its Monday meeting that the project is running a surplus of $250,000. “The majority of unknown subsurface conditions (have) now been encountered and addressed,” said
Jason Hartley, city’s capital works manager. “As a result, the total project cost is now estimated at $2.36 million, against the approved budget of $2.62 million.” That left council with a big decision to make – what to do with the extra money. City staff floated three options – return the extra funds to a savings account, pave the Merecroft Road parking lot next to Robron Park, or
install new pathway lighting around the park. Council, with the exception of Coun. Larry Samson, opted for the lighting after hearing from city staff. Hartley said option two, the parking lot, could be done at any time as a stand-alone at the same price, whereas the underground wiring and conduits for pathway lighting would be more expensive to do once construction on the turf field wraps
up. “The incremental cost increase to do this work at a later date would probably be in the range of 20 to 30 per cent given the disruption that would occur and the remediation required to replace the new sidewalks and curbings,” said Hartley who noted that it will cost the city $225,000 to do the pathway lighting now while the ground is still dug up. But Coun. Larry Samson said he’d
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prefer the money be used elsewhere. “I’ve never heard of a need for this lighted pathway, I mean I haven’t heard any citizens come forward,” Samson said. “I believe the field is also under this lighting, would this not give some ambient lighting to this pathway?” Ross Milnthorp, the city’s general manager of parks, recreation and culture, said the field lighting would Continued on Pg. 3
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