Community & Business
8 July, 2023
$4m for gravel jobs
Nearly $4 million in contracts have been awarded by Tablelands Regional Council to undertake its annual gravel re-sheeting program.
Nearly $4 million in contracts have been awarded by Tablelands Regional Council to undertake its annual gravel re-sheeting program.
Bono’s Excavations was awarded three contracts for gravel re-sheeting in the northern, southern and Wet Tropics Management Authority areas. Council approved all three contracts but not before Crs Peter Hodge and Annette Haydon raised some concerns about awarding the work to one company and its ability to complete the program.
“Is there a penalty clause if they don’t do the work in the required time?” Cr Hodge asked. “And will they be doing it simultaneously and have they got the ability to do it?”
Cr Haydon also raised concerns about contractors not finishing works and not being penalised if they fell behind agreed competition dates.
“Last year, a contractor didn’t finish and was allowed to finish 12 months later and was not penalised – is that the norm?” she asked.
Officers said the company had been asked if it had the equipment and resources available to do the work simultaneously.
“Ideally they would start with the northern area and WTMA package and then do the southern package,” the officer told the meeting
