Municipal officials want to set aside some money to help protect the Sydenham River.
A report to council tonight recommends awarding a $598,798.30 contract for slope stabilization along Glasgow Line and Short Line.
Officials from Chatham-Kent’s Engineering and Transportation Division say slope stability and bank erosion along both the Sydenham and Thames Rivers have been an on-going concern for the municipality.
Early in 2019, the Federal Government, through Infrastructure Canada, awarded Chatham-Kent funding as part of the Disaster Mitigation and Adaption Fund (DMAF) program.
Infrastructure Canada awarded Chatham-Kent over $16.5-million in funding over 10 years. The grant program is a cost sharing program with the local Municipality providing 60% of the funding and the Federal Government providing the remaining 40%.
Official say the slope stabilization project will be very complex due to the nature of the areas and the proximity of the existing roadways.
The work will include, but is not limited to, natural environmental assessment, archeological assessment, stormwater conveyance, river hydraulics and slope stability analysis which includes the geotechnical analysis of the area.
