Page ATO — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 28, 1990 ° Project already over budget. Contractor are at ex TERRACE — Paving at 30 Mile Corner on Hwyl6 toward Prince Rupert should be completed the end of this week, says district highways manager John Newhouse. The project was to have been completed last year but the road base laid down con- tained too many fine par- ticles and became soupy once autumn rains started. i Paving was tried late last * made for an unstable foun- enough to prevent the asphalt from breaking up. has been scraped away and mixed with new material in preparation for paving. That new material comes from the work being. done on the Eskar highway overpass near 30 Mile Corner, The extra work has in- creased the cost of the pro- ject to an estimated $440,000, he said. Work in- volved straightening out a PATIENT HIGHWAY 1 16 motorists should get their reward the end of this week when 30 Mile Corner on the way to Prince Rupert is paved. It's been a long wait for the project's comple- tion. Last year's efforts to pave fell apart owing to an unstable road base, . 30 mile corner up for paving by week’s end i * year but water'in the sub base: ‘dation and wasn’t strong Newhouse said the base — curve leading up a hill and — biasting and. removing rock to widen the corner. This will be the third season work has been going on, : The price includes the two- inch ashpalt layer. A second lift may be laid in combina- tion with other proposed . paving projects on Hwyi6 if they are approved, said Newhouse. “We'd like to put the top lift (of asphalt) down but if not,: the two-inch layer should stand up for while,” said Newhouse. hk kkk And as work progresses on finishing 30 Mile Corner, the final lift on the large Khyex to Tyce road widening pro- ject 60 miles west of here on Hwy16 should be done by the middle of next month. Columbia Blacktop is star- ting up its asphalt batch plant and wants to start work as soon as possible, said highways project manger Don Shaw. Fish case adjourned TERRACE — The Crown ap- peal of a case in which 4 Moricetown native man was ac- quitted of illegal fishing charges has been adjourned again. The federal and provincial government’s case rests on whether or not a river flowing through a reserve is band ter-- ritory. If it is ruled to be part of the reserve, then natives could have complete control over fisheries. on those stretches of rivers. Jerry Nikal, a Wet’suwet'en - Indian was originally charged in 1986 for fishing violations at the Moricetown canyon. He was ac- quitted last May by Judge David Smyth, who ruled a Gitksan-Wet'suwet’en fishing. bylaw ‘superseded the federal Fisheries Act. Government lawyers vill try to prove the river bed should not be recognized as part of the Moricetown reserve. Govern- meut control aver rivers flowing through reserves will dissappear. if the acquittal isn’t overturned, they said. Fisheries charges against: natives in the Moricetown area have been put on hold since the Nikal case began. TERRACE — The highways ministry could find itself with another bill for work on a large Hwy16 project that is already over budget and the subject of a lawsuit. - Argo Industries Ltd. co- owner Case van Diemen said last week it has hired a person to look at the costs and cir- cumstances of a contract it had to take rock from a quarry. The quarry is the sarne one in -. which a previous contractor refused to da work -after it. learned there may be unexplod-- ed explosives left as a result of other projects. In that situation, Williamson Brothers Construction’ Ltd. sued the highways ministry and was awarded $960,000 in damages after a Supreme Court judge ruled the ministry was fraudulent in not reporting the possibility of ‘explosives before the company received the con- tract. The ministry is appealing the decision. Argo Industries was awarded the Williamson contract by the At: an ‘ highways ministry in 1988 after Williamson stopped work. The company was second low bidder to Williamson when the con-— tract was first tendered in 1987. Rack from the quarry formed . part of the 13.5km Khyex to | Tyee project in which a sectlon of the Skeena River was filled in to move Hwyl6- from — im- mediately beside CN rail tracks, Although van Diemen declin- ed to discuss details, he did say the Argo review of its costs comes in part from the William- ‘son situation. - - >, While. acknowledging -that companies who receive .con- tracts generally are tied to the - price in return for the work, yan Diemen said companies can ask for additional monies based on ‘new information that arises after the contract was awarded, ““T’'m not saying anything specific on this case, but claims can be made on eny job on changed conditions. Things day be uncovered that weren’t apparent and not apparent,"” he said, Gov't appealing damages suit — TERRACE — An appeal of a. ‘court decision in which the highways ministry was ordered to pay nearly $1 million in damages to a contractor should: be filed soon, a ministry spokesman said last week. The appeal will be made to the B.C. Court of Appeal following the decision issued by a Supreme Court judge, said Betty Nicholson. Judge Howard Hamilton rul- ed the ministry acted fraudulently by not telling Williamson Brothers Construc- tion there might be unexploded explosives from previous pro- jects in a rock quarry before the ' company received a contract to work the site, » Rock from that quarry ‘form ’ ed’ part ‘of the Khyex to’ Tyee” : road-widening project’ ‘on: Hwyl6 between Terrace and Prince Rupert. Williamson refused to work in the quarry when it learned of the possibility of the unexplod- ed explosives after receiving the | contract in 1987. A portion of the $960,000 award went to a sub-contractor hired by Williamson to blast | rock in the quarry. ° “T find ,.. that Highways, as ~ a body corporate, dealt withthe nitro-glycerine issue in a man- | ner that was fraudulent in that . there was a reckless disregard.’ for the safety of the men who “ THE COMPLAINT unreasonab!s and unduly discriminatery. THE PUBLIC HEARING Prince Rupert, B.C. Street, Vancouver, B.C. INTERVENTIONS | Public Hearing. CLARIFICATION | lI Free 4 telephone (eeo-a7m, 866. To ~ NOT ICE OF PUBLIC HEARING "Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. ("PNG") has been required ta file a Rate Design Application by July 6, 1280 by Commission Order No. G-20-90, The Order resulted from acomplaint by Ocelot Chemicals ine. (Ocelot), pursuant to Section 64 of the Utilities Commission Act, alleging that the rates chargedby PNG are unjust, The Commission has ordered the public hearingto commence at: ‘00.a.m. local lime, Tuesday, August 21, 1990 at the Crest Motor Hotel, 222 = 161 Avenue West, PUBLIC INSPECT iON OF THE APPLICATION’, Te The Application and supporting materia) wiltba available or inspection attor July in 6, 1990 at the Head Office of PNG at Suite 1400, 1165 West Georgia Street, - Vancouver, BC. and at ils District Offices located throughout its service area. The Application and supporting material will also be availableforinspactionat - we the office of the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Sixth Floor, SOQ Howe I ' Follwing the July6, 1990 ling of heAppleation, imervertion detesandivture filing deadline requirements will be amas bya Commission Order and Nolice of Persons intending to participate in the oublic hoening, andwhoe are uncertain . aslo the manner in which to proceed, may contact Mr. RJ. Pellatt, Commission Secretary, ar Mr. 5.8. Wong, Manager, Rates and Finance - Petroleum by | 800-663 An Executive Summary of the Application will be prapared and avallable for. . inspection in PNG’s offices and will be distributed by tiie Applicanttalnterestad Persons as they become registered withthe Commission. Thalull Application will: be distributed toIntervenats ag they bacoms na registered wath the Commision. , 385) orin writing. -BYORDER “Robert v, Pellatt . would work in the quarry, ” Judge Hamilton wrote in his ’ judgment. Judge Hamilton was par- _ticularly - critical of Neville -Hope, the ‘highways ministry - regional manager here in 1987, § and regional highways ministry ' construction manager David Moore, The. highways ministry was also ordered to pay legal costs of Williamson, its subcontrac- tor, a bonding company from - which the ministry tried to col- lect payment after Williamson refused to work in the quarry and interest on the damages dating back to 1987. Ministry spokesman ey-genetal’s Ministry.” ‘Michael Aldoft Nicholson said the appeal will be handled by lawyeis fromthe. quarry costs — The Argo co-owner also acknowledged that it did ex- perience difficulty owing io, weather and site’ locations on the quarry project.. ‘It Was one of those things to live and:Jearn, We've learned a : lot — don’ t go in cheap,”’ said van Diemen i in referring to bid Prices on the quarry conttact. Argo’ § price to do the work was ‘$3.097 million, That was five per. cent more than - Williamson's bid. There were 11 other bidders for the work. Highways ministry estimates for the work came in at $7,562 maillion. . ’ Van Diemen did admit that contract prices for rock work have been “ridiculously low’? in the last several years. “We have’ nothing to blame but. ourselves,’’ he said but did add that companies rely on in- -and a blasting sub-contractor... - plosives = ‘and the: highways: -price of $10.335 million -has,:.. - been . Baby's Name: Erin Marie Lindstrom” Data & Time of Birth: March 20, 1990 al 8:38 pm Weight: 8 las. 11 oz. Parants: Bill & Louise Lindstrom formation given them by those : who put the contracts out to.- bid. Dee ah USE DPS, The Argo co-owner - said it did not experience problems © arising : from ‘unexploded : eke ministry - ‘did :pay- ‘some’ extra: money ‘to correct’ ‘possibily’ ee hazardous conditions | ‘in’ “the Si quarry, aera -The Khyex to Tyee project oy was to have been finished Inst’ =~ August. That date was changed ee to last November and changed ss again to next month. = Highways ministry officials: said earlier this year the original. -increased to $11.229 — million but that, final costs |.” won’t be known until after it has been finished. -. os Sex: Female Buby’s Nama: Holly Maria Derow Bate & Time of Birth: March 18, 1990 at 2:23 am _ Weight 6 ths. 74 o2. - Parents: Leanne & Kevin Derow Sex: Famata Baby's Name: Spencer Allan Hudson Date & Time of Birth: February 7, 1980 at 7:23 pm Weight: 7 Ibs. 15 07. : Parents: Allen & Nicole Hudson Sex: Male COZY COUPE ‘ Reg. $89.99 *69.99 Limited quantities. 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