Council awards roading contracts worth $1 million

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Southland District Council has approved three contracts totalling $1.02 million to rehabilitate about 5km of Southland roads. Southland District Council roading manager Michael Voss said that Council's activities performance audit committee awarded the contracts to two contractors - SouthRoads Limited was awarded the contract to rehabilitate 1.28km of pavement on the Dipton Mossburn Road.  Central Western Roading Limited was awarded contracts to rehabilitate 1.72km of Pahiwi Balfour Road and 1.59km of Wilsons Crossing Road.

Sixteen tenders were received for the three contracts.

The work on all three roads is being done earlier than planned because of an increase in the wear on these roads related to logging and dairy traffic.

Council chief executive David Adamson said the works form part of the ongoing maintenance of the District's 2,000km of sealed roads.