148 Business View - December 2014
we’re only digging up the road once.”
Recent major projects in the town include $6 million
worth of work on Clark Road that stretched over two
years and involved a full road reconstruction in ad-
dition to new curbs, gutters, sidewalks, storm sew-
ers, water mains and sanitary sewers, along with the
town’s first dedicated bicycle lanes.
Additionally, the summer of 2014 saw the addition of a
major sanitary sewer trunk line on Holcroft Street – in-
stalled about 12 meters deep – that necessitated the
use of four backhoes working at the same time, one of
which was delivered in pieces and assembled on site.
The Holcroft Street project was worth $2.4 million and
included the removal and replacement of 100 trees
along the boundary of the adjacent golf course as well
as the addition of sidewalks fronting on the residenc-
es. The last two years have also seen a 100 percent
conversion to LED street lights at a cost of just more
than $2 million, Lawson said, which will yield a full pay-
back to the town, thanks to lower energy and mainte-
nance costs, within seven or eight years.
“It’s really interesting, because when you come along
the 401 you can barely see Ingersoll because there’s
no light pollution with LED lights,” Lawson said. “You
can see the CAMI plant on the horizon and it lights up
the whole sky, Ingersoll Town Center is a hidden gem
behind the bright lights of CAMI.”
Going forward, Lawson plans to use the same strategic
approach to addressing other town needs.
Priority No. 1, she said, is getting sanitary and storm
sewers and water service into the southwest area of
the town, while No. 1A is addressing a lingering list of
work needed on local roads and bridges. All tasks will
be taken up under the direction of the newly elected
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