MEETING OF COUNCIL - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012
CR12.172 ROAD REHABILITATION GRANTS 2013-14
PURPOSE OF REPORT:
To advise on the outcome for the applications for road resurfacing projects for the Metropolitan
Regional Road Program in the 2013/14 financial year.
BACKGROUND:
The Town has a total of 45 kilometres of Distributor Roads that will qualify for funding under the
Metropolitan Regional Road Program. These roads have high traffic loads and typically require
resurfacing every 20 years. Therefore approximately 2.3 kilometres should be resurfaced or
rehabilitated each year.
At its meeting held on 27 March 2012, Council considered the report “Road Rehabilitation and
Road Improvement Grants 2013/2014" (Item CR12.25) and:-
"That the following projects be submitted to Main Roads WA for Metropolitan Regional Road
Grants (Road Rehabilitation) funding in the 2013/14 financial year":-
Road Name
Section
Date Last
Surfaced
Length
Width
Estimated
Cost
$
Estimated
Grant
$
Cambridge
Street
Kimberley -
McCourt 1997 650 13.4m $270,000 $180,000
Lake Monger
Drive
Kimberley -
Southport 1984 290 14m $126,000 $84,000
TOTALS 940 $396,000 $264,000
The applications for these projects were submitted by the due date of 27 April 2012.
DETAILS:
In October 2012, the Town was advised that these two projects will be funded in the
Metropolitan Regional Road Program in the 2013/14 financial year, subject to approval by the
Minister for Transport as follows:-
Road Name Section Length Width
Estimated
Cost
$
Recommende
d Grant
(67% of
Estimated
Cost) $
Town of
Cambridge
Budget
Required
Cambridge
Street
Kimberley
- McCourt 650
13.4
m $471,278 $314,485 $156,793
Lake Monger
Drive
Kimberley
- Southport 290 14m $415,713 $277,142 $138,571
TOTALS 940 $886,991 $591,627 $295,364
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