Phase 1 of makeover set
for fall completion
of unexpected problems encountered on
richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
Higginson Street last fall, resulting in a two-
H AWKESBURY
week delay.
The extra funds were required to cover
A major job to overhaul services at a
the cost of lost production between October
major intersection in Hawkesbury is
28 and November 12, “due to geotechnical
scheduled to be wrapped up by the fall,
subsurface conditions different than those
about a year after it was started.
presented on the drawings and report
The project on sections of Higginson
submitted at the time of tender.”
Street and Cartier Boulevard will be
The installation of multi-purpose paths,
completedbytheendof summer, sayschief
medians, green spaces, and the introduction
administrator Normand Beaulieu.
of new parking regulations are part of the
Arnco Construction was awarded a
long-term program.
$3,400,133 contract last year to carry out the
In addition to replacing aging
first phase of the long-term program that
infrastructure, the goal of the work is to
will upgrade services on several streets in
reduce the speed of traffic and increase
town.
pedestrian traffic.
The first phase consists of the separation
of storm and sanitary sewers, the
replacement of water mains on a section of
Higginson Street between William and
Hampden. Services arealsobeing improved
Photo HGH
onCartier, fromHigginson toGasconStreet.
Front row: Micah Desrosiers, Maxime Léveillée; (second row) Jean-Pierre Desrosiers,
The municipality is paying the entire bill
Daniel Léveillée, Catherine Léveillée and Alexandra Lavigne.
for the first phase, however, it is hoping to
landgovernmentsubsidiesinordertoreduce
Voyageurs bank on tradition
the impact on local taxpayers.
Town council has not yet decided how
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Daniel’s son, Maxime, are joined by Jean-
and when to proceed with the other phases
HAWKESBURY
Pierre Desrosiers and his son Micah and
of improvement, which will cost about $6
Alexandra Lavigne. This year, the objective
million.
is $7,000. To date, the trips have collected
Phase 2, which would cost an estimated
A group of Hawkesbury canoeists is
$17,732 for theHGH. Last year, thepaddlers
$4million,wouldupgradeservicesonCartier
banking on continuing a tradition as the
brought in $6,871, compared to $7,697 in
from Gascon to Spence.
group prepares to wrap up a 320-kilometre
2009 and $3,163 in 2008.
Phase 3, which would cost about $1.8
trip in aid of the Hawkesbury and District
The voyageurs will stop in Wendover
million, would overhaul Lansdowne, from
General Hospital.
July 22 at 6 p.m., in Lefaivre July 23 at 11
Hampden to Tupper.
Since their first outing in 2008, HGH
a.m., in L’Orignal July 23 at 6 p.m. and
Price change
Voyageurs Daniel Léveillée, and his
arrive in Hawkesbury at the Boutique Vent
A sum of $48,620 has been added to the
daughter, Catherine, have always managed
de Fête beside the park.
Photo Richard Mahoney
pricetagofthefirstphase,however,Beaulieu
to surpass their fund-raising total. They are
Next year, the HGH Voyageurs are
The first phase of a major overhaul of
saysthattodatethejob’sbudgetandschedule
aiming to keep that trend going on the trek
aiming for $10,000 when they paddle 500
services in Hawkesbury is set to be
have been respected.
that ends July 24 at 2 p.m. at Hawkesbury’s
kilometres fromNorthBay toHawkesbury.
completed by autumn.
Theadditionalcostwastackedonbecause
Confederation Park. Daniel, Catherine and
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