BATHURST Regional Council is calling for tenders to carry out landscaping work to revamp the city entrances on the Mid Western Highway and the Mitchell Highway.
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The proposed works involve the construction of two landscape entrance features and include earthworks and contouring, drainage, concrete works including footings, block feature walls, steel beam pillars, lighting, power supply, feature signage, mulching, steel edging, rock boulder works, plant supply and installation and irrigation works.
The landscape design will feature themes to incorporate the city’s history and heritage.
Red Bathurst brick, steel pillars to echo Denison Bridge, tree species representing the old European planting themes and a brick wall featuring the area’s blue stone will be included.
At the request of councillors a selection of plants have been chosen to provide a variety of colour throughout the four distinct seasons.
On the Mitchell Highway avenue, plantings of Acer freemanii (Autumn Blaze Maple) and Pistachio chinensis (Ornamental Pistachio) will be located throughout the road network from the Richardson Street development to the end of the project site (just past the Hector Park visitor information bay).
A row of Eucalyptus milliodora planted earlier this year is to be maintained from the 100-kilometre sign to the commencement of the Richardson Street development.
On the Mid Western Highway avenue, plantings of ornamental cultivated poplars and Pistachio chinensis (Ornamental Pistachio) will be located from the 100km sign to the intersection of Browning Street.
A feature landscape statement at the intersection of McDiarmid Street will incorporate brick and bluestone wall, signage, lighting, irrigated mass plantings of ground covers, shrubs and exotic tree species including claret ash, ornamental flowering malus and poplar species.
Council approved the plans for the landscaping work in March this year, after councillor Warren Aubin spent the previous six years lobbying for the landscaping work to be done at the entrance ways to the city.
Parties interested in tendering must register via the E-tendering Portal www.tend erlink.com/bathurst to download the tender document at no charge.
If you have difficulty accessing the website call the Tenderlink Helpdesk on 1800 233 533.
Tenders close at 4pm on Tuesday, August 5, 2014.