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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Nov 2012, p. 5

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waénmacfiiomax;w;i was; 21.5053 Clair Lake mistake costs $450K ' 5 “k pain? BY hum luxsoN the lake, but an updated snrv right,” he said. The city and 1 3 fifl'fl'fk’f‘ifi, wy conducted last month, members of the task force ' ' A required before work could met Tuesday evening, after g mg ; “a. e thls pal"? ‘ e (3in of Waterloo will begin. discovered there was the Chronicle's deadline. to _ ,,v‘~ ‘ if“; _ not jx'naline a consult actually about 7,300 cubic discuss possible cost-saving ‘ 2. . x ‘ a?“ am for a design error metres olsilt. measures for the work. if}; I“ "f “ underestimating the amount ()n lune l8, council Dixon also told council of if? . u " olsilt that needs lobe renuwed .. - . a similar incident 38 years a v“ , “ A f", _ from a section ofthir lake by It L5 a [OI Offnonfy' ago when engineers also {3-1 *@‘“ ' nearly 50 per (mt. but the Citizens underestimated the amount ~ Conestoga-Rovers 8: [ask-force is in ofsilt in the lake. Associates underestimated d . At the time they only ' the amount of silt in Reach 5 favour Of Ding removed about 4,000 cubic . 4 of the lake. which will cost thejob right." metres when in fact about " "x the city an extra $450,000 to 7.000 cubic metres of silt clear. The error was made ~ . “Pr?" Dixon existed. Dr- Bryan Lawrence: Dc Space is limited when someone selected the ”m"- ""“"“k" Nth"? lie said doing the job Health Wellness Clinic wrong layer on the comput- approved $1.78 million in right this time around will 30 Dupont 51 E, suite 204, Waterloo call HOW! er design program. funding for the project to the mean the city won't have to www,drblawrence.com 519-746-6022 Councillors discussing end of20l4 for the construe dredge the lake again for the funding request Monday lion, administration and many years to come. came to the decision the other costs related to the Finance and strategic ~ ~ work would have needed to project. The tendered cost planning chair Coun. Karen . be done either way and the for the removal of the sedi- Scian asked staff if any les- ' , l x . , j j ,- , [V , contractor was not at fault. ment is approximately $140 sons had been learned from L \ / f g s . ' .. -’ i l \ (buncil passed the funding per cubic metre. this mistake. request from staff. Reach 5 of Clair lake has Public works services “Regardless of the error. been dewatered and the sed- general manager Bill L; the calculations did not iment removal by R&M (Ion- Garibaldi said his staff had ‘ impact the level of silt in the struction will begin Nov. 26. already embarked on man- ‘ - lake," said (bun. [elf Henry. Work is expected to be com- agement training to help \ \ ‘ “(The silt) didn't appear plete by next summer. managers find future abnor- 1 ‘ , ‘ v overnight. We just have to Brian Dixon. chair of the malitia in such projects ' l A ,-'5 A l I deal with it now and I'm city's Clair lake community Conn. Diane Freeman, an r ‘ r \ thankful that checks were task force. appeared before engineer for Conestogaâ€" . .. x - built into the process before council in support of the RoversGrAssociates airqual- ’ . -. f V fi 5 the project got underway." funding request by staff. ity services group. abstained ~ _ . \ A sediment survey in “It is a lot of money. but from the vote after declaring . r e . ' 2009 determined there to be the citizens' task force is in a conflict of interest. 4,350 cubic metres of silt in favour of doing the job my \ A". , w; . M j Comfort Plus / ’” ~ . ( . SfHSOHS 3« I celebrates their ( ' ’ ‘l j . \ v ‘ --, . ‘ . l , - 42nd ear in , , M \ h ~ g l . BLACK FRIDAY » ' “15m“ W'th . as? 8060 EVENT ‘ x super deals FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23“ ONLY! ‘- l” a“ Buy one item of regular price - 3 a? _ . _ . . ~:-'.“ué~ v a); _ Reteive the second item ol lesser value 3.» a my in. ' departments H! E E ‘ f" _ . www.seosonsfinec|othes.(om ' PLUS-n 80 King St. S. Waterloo ' 519-746-0777 F as: - , . , ~ 33; ._.. .\,\/.l/.\/,//().\/ // \/. V H . Ii $ Dog 1 No purr hasc necessary Examma. 35 W~~$140'$270 gay-“$150 Get in” details lll store ‘ Cat Vawms $70 mom Cat nmnmun....... 000 $ _ $8 009an Nem~ 120 230 New'm 0 Quality Mmm“...affomablaprlcoslll m.uq.......$70 conmmmrm FIRST EXAM , r s ., . ‘ P?!“ t ”N m amt/ft“? 1:4.“ u. -- an. in r "Q“w- " -V‘ ' b

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