Surrey council approved nearly $10 million in contracts Monday night involving tree pruning, arterial paving and the purchase of 32 vehicles.
All told, it’s $9,935,362.72.
Council first voted on awarding a “standing offer agreement” to 12 contractors for one year’s service to prune “shade” trees, with an “estimated annual base cost” for the first year (Jan. 1, 2024 onward) of $2,608,695. It also approved an option to extend the contract for up to four more years after that. The spending limit is set at $3 million.
According to a corporate report by Laurie Cavan, Surrey’ general manager of parks, recreation and culture, in 2024 roughly 24,000 trees along residential, arterial and collector roads are to be pruned, with 4,080 more trees scheduled to be pruned in parks.
Then council approved a more than $4.6 million contract for major road network arterial paving at six locations in Surrey and one in South Surrey.
The city’s engineering department recommended to council that Mainland Construction Material ULC, doing business as Winvan Paving, be awarded a $4,635,855 contract with a spending limit set at $5,100,000.
Twenty-five lane kilometres will be repaved, to begin in April and completed by August, on 108 Avenue between 144 Street and 148 Street, the pick up/drop off lanes at King George SkyTrain Station, on 96 Avenue between 125 Street and 128 Street, on 96 Avenue between 125 Street and 128 Street, on 152 Street between 91 Avenue and 98 Avenue, on 160 Street between 88 Avenue and 96 Avenue, on King George Boulevard between 60 Avenue and 64 Avenue, and on 152 Street between 20 Avenue and 24 Avenue.
Meantime, city council also approved contracts involving the purchase of 32 vehicles, including a $1,170,912.24 contract to Mainland Ford Ltd. for 16 vehicles as well as a $1,519,900.48 contract to Metro Motors Ltd. for 16 vehicles including six trucks with winter maintenance equipment.
“To support the city’s Corporate Emissions reduction targets, 20 of the 32 new vehicles will be either dual fuel, capable of running on both Compressed Natural Gas (“CNG”) and gasoline, gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles, or electric,” Scott Neuman, Surrey’s general manager of engineering, indicated in a corporate report to council.