Battleford plans new storm sewer replacement to support growing population
A new storm sewer replacement project in Battlefords is planned to begin in April 2025, with the goal of developing a more robust system to support the growing population.
“With more houses and more usage, we were finding that some of our storm sewer and our sewer capacity is just not big enough to hold the volume of the water that is created now whether through storm sewer or effluent. The whole point is to expand it, update it and upgrade it,” Mayor of Battleford Ames Leslie said.
According to Eric Bilanski, the town of Battleford’s public works manager, the 25th Street storm sewer replacement was approved for $451,000 in the 2024 capital budget.
Sanburn Construction Ltd. and Unicon Construction Inc. were the project’s two lowest bidders. Town council chose Sanburn because its tender price, including PST, was $412,234, which was almost $75,000 lower than Unicon’s bid.