Township approves purchase of gravel

Guelph-Eramosa Township will spend close to $80,000 on maintenance gravel this spring.

Acting manager of public works Rod McClure presented council with a report on two tenders received by the township for the supply of “granular A” gravel to maintain roads.

Cox Construction had the lowest of two tenders received, at $10.05 per tonne for delivered gravel and $7 per tonne for gravel that is picked up.

Based on those figures McClure estimated the total figure would be $78,851 (the township had $103,000 in this year’s budget for gravel road and shoulder maintenance).

Council unanimously approved the purchase.

Last year the township  purchased gravel from Cox Construction at a price of $9.52 per tonne for delivery and $7.25 per tonne for pick up.