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23 MILES OF ROADWAY BUILT, RECONSTRUCTED Street Picture Continually Changes By ROBERT McDOUGALL Of The Times Staff With every | assing year the es; new roads are added and others are reconstructed, All this happens under the careful surveillance of the pub- lic works department construc- tion division, This year, so far, the city has awarded contracts worth $2,193,- 000 to build and rehabilitate 23 miles of Oshawa roadway, And this doesn't include the cost of pre-engineering, land acquisition and utility reloca- tion, The construction cycle is con- tinuous. One contract egds and another is awarded, One street is paved and another is ready for surfacing. And so it goes, PUNISHMENT Submitted to the punishment of modern day traffic the life expectancy of a new street is 15 to 20 years. Construction began this year on two. projects started last summer;.a W. B, Bennett Pav- ing and Materials Ltd. job worth $547,000 and a Dufferin Paving and Materials one valu- ed at $338,000, Completed June 2 the Bennett contract involved the construc- tion of a four-lane divided high- 'way on King St. W. from Stev- enson Rd. to the West city limits called a connecting link in highway language. % \ CREW FLOA Adverse weather conditions last fall prevented completion of the project until this year, Ahout 9 month later on Aug. 12 the Dufferin job was done. It had involved the widening and reconstruction of the city's new southbound route (Brock, Church, Centre and Fairbanks Sts,). OMB APPROVAL Work on the route had been held up pending the arrival of Ontario Municipal Board ap: proval for the project, OMB sanction is needed on all con- tracts, Rather than proceed with the contract. in the winter (when the OMB approval was receiv- ed) the city decided to wait until spring. By waiting, traffic was dis- rupted for a shorter period of time and the quality of work obtained was better. Road construction involves the installation of under-drains, catch basins, storm sewers, granular base and the applica- tion of layers of asphalt mater- ials respectively. End result strived for is as smooth as a t g surface as possible (performance rating) which will increase the road-life of. the street. The first contract this year went to Aprile Contracting Lid,, for $169,000 to construct sub- division roads and services. The next contract was award- a to Cobourg Construction Ltd, for $250,000 to install roads and construct roads in sections of andview Villa . Hillsdale H ace, DEB Va 7 iy Heights and on Grandview St. The work was completed by Aug, 18. BRIDGE PROJECT Next in line was FE, F, Mart- son Construction Ltd, who on May 2 received a $139,000 con- tract to recontruct the bridge over the Oshawa Creek, Never designed to carry pres- ent day traffic, the span was ready to collapse of old age. Construction of the new bridge was halted temporarily but re- sumed again Wednesday on the the arrival of several pre-cast 37-ton concrete girders, The use of pre-cast beams, which has revolutionized bridge engineering, eliminates the need of falsework for pouring con- crete deck slabs. A bailey bridge, a temporary device, is now accommodating vehicles - travelling over the creek while the permanent structure is being completed, The bridge is rented from a Toronto firm at a cost of $5,000, ROAD WORK In June, Bennett Paving re- ceived two contracts for road construction worth $697,000, BACK HOE DIGS TRENCH FOR WATER MAINS .. . Installation Of Services Essential TS CURB AND GUTTER « «+ Gladstone Project Underway The completion month for both contracts is November, The first contract---$453,000--- wavdad fav tha sannantineg TELS SOP Vas Cee cee link reconstruction Of King St. from Harmony Rd., to the east city limits and Bond St, from Mary St. to Ritson Rd. The second--§244,00----was to reconstruct Olive Ave. from Wil- son Rd, to Farewell St. and Mary St, between Adelaide Ave. and Rossland Rd. A 26-part contract worth $265,+ 000 was awarded to Dufferin. Ltd, in June to reconstruct 21,- 000 feet of curbs, gutters and pavement in subdivisions situ- ated in various city locations, DIX-SEAL Dix-seal surfacing of some six miles of existing city streets was completed this month by Bennett Paving at a cost of $46,000. Dix-seal is a densely graded bituminous substance which is applied three-quarters of an inch thick to the road top, It is a mixture containing asphalt obtained in the distillation of crude oil and a fine aggregate usually sand, In providing a smooth asphal- tic riding surface dix-seal re- quires less granular structural depth, It also reduces road maintenance. Last month Con-Drain Co, Ltd, was awarded a $219,000 KING AeA eee Fart UL Uunites FINAL STAGE OF OLIVE AV contract to install roads and services in subdivisions. The completion is expected in tober. Part of project includes @ secon Of Marmony iid, Ne and Wilson Rd. N, SIMCOE WORK Poor performance rating and increasing maintenance costs were contributing factors in the decision to reconstruct Simcoe St. S, from Erie to Wentworth 8t. The project has to be com- pleted in one phase because of the railway tracks running down the centre of the street which are used to supply Hous daille Industries Ltd, and Robe son-Lang Leathers Lid, The . $281,000 contract was signed by Rayner Construction. Lid, Dufferin Paving received the latest contract awarded by city council--$122,000--for the recons struction of a granular base course on Marion Ave., Wecket Dr,, Robert St. and Mary St to Grierson St. of asphaltie pavement and curb and gutter on sections of several existing streets, (Phillip Murray, Fare- well Ave.) including Wecker Dr, and a section of Robert St. Tenders closed Thursday for contracts for the reconstruction of Harmony Rd. N, in front of the new Eastdale collegiate and the extension of Waterloo St. from Nelson St. easterly. x ' REET EAST SURVEY tt. pert ENUE WORK RECEIVES +++ Olive From Wilson To Farewell Reconstructed BRIDGE GIRDERS EASED INTO PLACE ««« Contract Valued At $139,000 She Osta Simes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1966 -------- = { Water Safety Show |At Darlington Park | g r | A water safety demonstra-/program and is being present-)will. probably attend> the pro- {Park on Sunday will be des- ks throughout Ontario, said}. Non campers are cribed by Bill Hewitt -- who pokesman, comed to attend By Beg normally handles play - by-| J. A. Robertson, Darlington| stration. Hockey League games, about 200 camp sites will prob-|water level in the Mr. Hewitt will be master|ably be occupied this weekend./the program will Se tect of ceremonies at the demon-|He said many of the campers'has dropped about one foot, The program -- sponsored by s ® the outdoor recreation division Ell tt D ed I t sof the Ontario Safety League! 10 ] hs an y | |-- will be the first of its kind} jpresented at the provincial I T B C li a >| The event was cancelled last} n wv oat 0 1S10n jyear because of bad weather, | ' The safety league is pro-| A five-man jury in Peter-)and Mrs. Thomas Elliott, 685 boards and water skiis, as well/Elliott, 49 of Toronto died in-| Mr. Elliott and his wife Ger. as artificial respiration meth-/stantly from a fractured spi-|@ldine, were travelling to their ads jnal cord July 24 when "another/Cottage when the boat collided right approach to boating and collided with dis boat on Clear] William Mortlock, 17, its safety features, Laxe, 20 miles north of Peter-) Mrs, Elliott suffe: This is a large part of the/borough, inquest that she ae - ---- at the south end of the lake at 12:50 p.m, and because their S| boat's running lights were not between the windshield and the | dashboard, % She said her husband said ' cident and that she heard and Ce: saw nothing, oe En Mrs Elliott suffered multiple sa the after-effects of the accident were still recurring, Mr, Mortlock was alone in curred. | TWENTY WITNESSES Twenty witnesses gave evid- jed 10 hours and 30 minutes, Jury recommendations were: navigation marks, such as ithe channel {near the scene of jthe accident) have lights on them; |Safe navigation for boat own- ers be instituted; --speed of power boats after tion at Darlington Provincialjed in provincial and municipal/ gram, play commentary of National;park superintendent said| Mr, Robertson also noted the ) stration which starts at 3 p.m.|----------- : jpark, moting the proper use of out-|brough has ruled that Thomas|Bessborough Dr., Oshawa. Emphasis is placed on the| party," travelling at high speed|With another boat operated by pongne's summer water safety Mr. E lott is the son of Mr./band left the South Reach Hotel operating they put a flashlight Sy inothing to her before the ac- injuries and bruises and said his boat when the accident oc. ence at the inquest which last. the unlit barber pole buoy in jan education program. on dark be reduced to 15 m, | FRINGE BENEFITS Part ~- time employees at Hillsdale Manor receive wage rates, time and one - half ® al 4 S ~~ for overtime and four per cent of their wages for vacation pay, Mrs, Ardie Horton, president : of Local 182 Civic Union of Public Employees said today, Mrs. Horton was incerreotly mquoted in a story Friday as . saying part - 'time employees "receive their wages 'and no- thing more." The union and council's labor relations com- 3 mittee will appear before a con- ciliation board Sept. J in an attempt to reach a contract settlement, a WS & < 7S Sy RNG SPHALT 8 if Qshawa Times Photos by Bruce Jones é