Clearview Township council has approved a $4.5-million tender for the industrial servicing project in Stayner.
The contract goes to Moorefield Excavating, the lowest of six bidders.
The industrial park is located south of County Rd. 91 and west of County Rd. 42.
The work is subject to Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Environmental Compliance approvals and permit to take water.
The project is mostly funded through government grants. One-third of the cost will fall on the individual landowners, about 35, some of which are residential located with the parcel.
The work will include sanitary service, water, storm water and roads.
“There is a small portion, about $400,000 that will be an upgraded water main that is coming out of our general revenue but the remainder of it is coming from a multitude of locations being the grant, the landowners, development charges and user fees,” said Steve Sage.
It is hoped that once the lands are serviced, they will be developed and create jobs.
He said the township thinks there is potential for the lands to be developed but it is also a condition of the grant.
“We would not have got the grant if we had not put in an employment lands servicing portion into the application,” said Sage adding it has been part of the 2008 strategic plan. “So there are a lot of reasons why we are doing it.”
The total tender price is $4,527,463.65 including tax.
At the same meeting on Oct. 6, council also approved an $84,750 tender for winter sand submitted by MacDonald Construction. Three tenders were received. MacDonald Construction was the lowest bidder.