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THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS
SHOW ‘N’ SHINE SUBLIME (Above) A vintage car enthusiast checks out what’s under the hood of Dale Monahan’s 1969 Chevy Impala at theNicola Valley Cruisers Car Club 20th Annual Show ‘n’ Shine on July 27. Hundreds of people came out to Central Park to see an impressive array of over 160 classic cars and trucks from all over B.C., including Monahan’s from Kamloops, which came complete with a takeout food tray on its passenger-side window (inset). Over $3,000 was raised by the Cruisers Car Club; it will be donated to local charitable organizations. For complete results from the highly-successful event, more photos and a heart-warming story, turn to page 3. Emily Wessel and Ian Webster/Herald
Contract awarded for $2 million sewer, road upgrade By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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Construction is expected to begin after the August long weekend to upgrade Merritt’s aging infrastructure, which will see the city spend $2 million in the process. On July 22 at its regular For all your landscaping needs call the professionals at
meeting, city council unanimously approved awarding the tender for the 2014 Infrastructure Renewal Program to H&M Excavating Ltd. The project will see parts of the city’s water and sewer systems replaced and the roads above them resurfaced.
Up first are Langstaff Place, a portion of Coldwater Avenue from Main Street, a portion of Douglas Street, and two blocks of Clapperton Avenue. In a report to council, the public works department stated the purpose of the annual infrastructure renewal program is to “replace
aging subsurface utilities on an ongoing basis so we are not victim to the national ‘infrastructure crisis,’” which involves old utility systems failing at the same time because they are the same age. “Just like the tires on your car or anything else — you use it [for] so long it’s going
to fail at some point,” City of Merritt public works manager Darrell Finnigan told the Herald. The city received five bids for the infrastructure project and opted for the lowest one. Finnigan said the bottom three bids were all fairly competitive. The lowest
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bid and third lowest ranged between just under $2 million and a little more than $2.4 million. Finnigan said the first part of the infrastructure project is expected to be finished by November of this year.
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