Let there be light

Keeler lights

The long-awaited parking lot lights for the Keeler Centre in Colborne will be installed by the end of November.

Community Services Director, Dan O’Brien got approval from Cramahe Council on October 20 to spend $27,649 on the project.

Guillevin International will provide the fixtures, poles and supporting hardware at a cost of $13,069. Rowley Electric will install them for $14,580.

The Guillevin bid was the lowest of three submitted. Nedco quoted $13,814, and Westburne Ruddy bid $14,315.

Three companies in Northumberland were contacted by Mr. O'Brien for the installation. Only two showed up at the site meeting and of them, only Rowley's placed a bid on the work.

The cost was well within the $49,936 the township budgetted for the project.

It is anticipated that the lights will make the parking lot safer to navigate.

The director will use $1,000 of the remaining money to provide power to a new sign which is being installed.