City awards DGS Astro Paving $1.6M Asphalt Overlay tender

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Fort St. John council awarded the tender for the 2023 Asphalt Overlay program to DGS Astro Paving at its latest meeting on May 23rd.

The tender, worth $1, 638,027.07, includes five projects as well as miscellaneous repairs throughout the city as needed.

The total budget for the program was $2.2 million, and the city is currently anticipating a $561.9K surplus, which it said may be used to increase the scope of work if the budget allows.

Projects in the tender include asphalt overlays on the following roadways:

• 100th Street from the Alaska Highway to 93rd Avenue.
• 96th Street from 96th Avenue to 100th Avenue.
• 102 Street from 97th Avenue to 100th Avenue.
• 110th Avenue from 110th Street to 102nd Street.
• 82nd Street from 93rd Avenue to 100th Avenue.

The city issued the tender for the program on April 24th, 2023, and received three submissions before the tender closed on May 9th.

A $1.25 million bid from an Alberta-based company, Knelsen Sand and Gravel Ltd, was withdrawn on May 18th after the company’s application to the Peace River Regional District to locate and operate an asphalt plant was rejected by the board. The city said in a report that the company was unable to supply the asphalt for the project.

The other bid of $4.6 million from Fort St. John-based Peter Bros Construction was over twice the city’s budget for the project.

In a report, City staff said that the budget for the asphalt overlay and repair program was expanded in 2023 as a part of the city’s commitment to improving local roads.