FARMINGTON – Selectmen on Tuesday awarded a $346,336 sewer reconstruction contract to T. Buck Construction of Auburn.
The nearly $350,000 project has been in the works for “a few years,” according to Town Manager Richard Davis.
Davis said Tuesday that the Sandy River and Temple Stream have changed course over the past years, and the state Department of Environmental Protection determined a few years ago that, because of changes in the river, the outfall now enters the river upstream from where Temple Stream enters, and in its current state is not diluted enough. The project, which will be completed this summer, will move the outfall downstream of where Temple Stream enters the river.
The three other companies that bid for the project were E.L. Vining & Son of Farmington, Nitram Excavation & General Contractor of Benton, and H.E. Sargent Inc. of Stillwater.
Selectmen also voted unanimously to approve spending the entire amount appropriated for the Parks and Recreation Capital Improvements Account to fund repairs to the town tennis courts, instead of the expected $2,500.
Residents voted to appropriate $5,500 for capital improvement in this month’s annual town meeting, and at the time Parks and Recreation Director Steve Shible planned to use $2,500 for repairs to the courts and to put the rest of the money into the capital improvement account, currently at nearly $12,000.
After a short slide show showcasing the 77-running-feet of cracks Shible said are now in the pavement of the nearly 30-year-old tennis courts, selectmen voted to approve spending the entire amount. Shible said filling and sealing the cracks in the pavement will cost about $5,900, and told selectmen the rest of the money would come from fundraising.
The tennis court “is a valuable asset” to Farmington, Shible said, adding all age groups, from elementary school children to senior citizens, use the space. “Senior citizens probably use this more than anything else,” that falls under his purview, he said.
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