On February 18, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry counties (SDG) council approved a contract with local contractor A.L. Blair Construction Ltd. for the reconstruction and drainage improvement of County Road 22 near Maxville. The construction contract will cost the counties $5,827,822.08 plus HST and excludes other associated fees.
Council was informed that the planned work would be financed, however, by the end of the 2025 fiscal year and if SDG counties reserves permit, there may be less need for financing the entire project. Currently, there is $4,822,908.92 available in reserves to help finance part of the total project cost of $7,546,383.14, excluding HST.
Councillor Carma Williams said, “It’s really great to see this project actually coming to life. I just wanted to mention that the reserves have an amount of almost $5 million, which I think has been very successful in terms of putting that money aside and really minimizing the amount of debt that the counties are going to have to take on.”
A report to council outlined that the project consists of “pulverizing, grading, drainage relocations, road widening and paving of County Road 22 from Highway 138 easterly to the west limits of Maxville. The total length of the project is 6.25 kilometres.”
Additional items within the contract include work on cross-culverts and entrance replacements, as well as the relocation of hydro utilities and municipal drains. Hydro work is expected to begin as early as April and will amount to $1,121,776.55 of the total project cost.
Although work is scheduled to commence as soon as possible, a full reconstruction timeline from A.L. Blair Construction Ltd. will be presented to council at a later date.
The report concluded that the anticipated date of completion is sometime in October 2025, with enhanced safety measures and dust control measures being put in place for the Glengarry Highland Games in August.
