Last month, DGS Paving was in town, re-doing sections of the road that had previously been paved in the last few years.
This led to many people getting upset over the District spending money to re-pave sections that had already been done.
This, says the District in a press release, is not the case.
After deficiencies in the paving came to light, the District “had been working with DGS to come to a satisfactory resolution of those deficiencies.”
This involves “remedial work to be undertaken in 2020 and in coming years, at no cost to the District. In addition, the service agreement provides for the independent review of the remedial work to ensure that it is performing as expected. If not, DGS is required under the service agreement to perform additional remedial work.”
As the matter involved legal council, “discussions and service agreement were considered by the District at meetings that were closed to the public.”
“The District regrets not having advised the public earlier.”
District of Tumbler Ridge Paving Works
The District of Tumbler Ridge would like to address public concerns that have arisen in relation to repaving work that was recently completed by Terus Construction/Interoute dba DGS Paving.
Since the original paving work was completed in 2017 and 2018 by DGS Paving, the District identified deficiencies in the paving and had been working with DGS to come to a satisfactory resolution of those deficiencies. The District involved our legal counsel and consultants to work with DGS to ensure that the deficiencies were effectively remedied and to ensure that the District’s rights were adequately protected should the paving fail in the future.
As a result of discussions between the District’s legal counsel and consultants and DGS, the District and DGS entered in to a service agreement for remedial work to be undertaken in 2020 and in coming years, at no cost to the District. In addition, the service agreement provides for the independent review of the remedial work to ensure that it is performing as expected. If not, DGS is required under the service agreement to perform additional remedial work.
The District wants to assure the public that the remedial work undertaken by DGS this year, and to be undertaken by it, in the coming years is at no cost to the District’s taxpayers.
This is a multi-year project and the District appreciates DGS working to complete these warranty items, at its cost.
As the discussions between the District and DGS were to resolve a dispute and required legal advice, the discussions and service agreement were considered by the District at meetings that were closed to the public. The District regrets not having advised the public earlier.
The full release follows.
