Four local businesses, three from Pembroke and one from Renfrew, submitted tenders to complete work on a 37.5 kilometer section of the Algonquin Trail in Renfrew County.
The Development and Property Committee is recommending that Renfrew County Council approve the lowest bid submitted by G.P. Splinter Forest Products out of Pembroke for $1,040,091 plus HST.
The work includes trail resurfacing, highway trail crossing construction and structure improvements along the Algonquin Trail from Turcotte Road in Whitewater Region to College Way in Pembroke.
Another section of trail from Highway 17 to Wylie Road in Laurentian Hills will also be worked on.
The development and property committee is also recommending county council award an additional $95,000 contract to G.P Splinter Forest Products to complete work on the three structures in the City of Pembroke (Muskrat River Bridge, Alexander Street Structure and Water Street Bridge approaches).
The local snowmobile club is reviewing the possibility of partially funding these items heading into for the 2021/22 snowmobile season.
Pembroke council still has not agreed to allow motorized vehicles on the Algonquin Trail in the city, however a decision on the matter is expected to come next month (October 2021).
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