The Manitoba government announced that a five-year contract for ice-jam mitigation services has been awarded to Winnipeg Environmental Remediations Incorporated.
“Manitobans are smart shoppers and they expect their government to do the same,” said Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler. “Open and transparent tendering processes allow us to go to the open market so we can benefit from competitive and sustainable pricing while maintaining the quality of services that Manitobans expect and deserve.”
A request for proposals was issued in August for a five-year contract to carry out ice-jam mitigation services and Winnipeg Environmental Remediations Incorporated was the qualified successful proponent.
Winnipeg Environmental Remediations Incorporated is a Manitoba company that provides comprehensive environmental services, general contracting and civil earthworks to a variety of industries in both the private and public sectors throughout Canada and the United States.
The ice-jam mitigation program was launched in 2006 to reduce the risk of flooding caused by ice jams on the lower Red River and several other rivers by cutting and breaking river ice.
Several remote controlled ice-cutting units and three Amphibex icebreakers are used each year to cut and break approximately 28 kilometres of ice on the Red River from Selkirk to Netley Marsh for an approximate width of 100 metres. Ice cutting and breaking is also often completed on the Icelandic River at Riverton and at the outlet of the Portage Diversion. Icebreaking and cutting is typically done in February and March.
