Fernie city council has approved the purchase of a single-axle front plow truck for the price of $447,167.
Public worse manager Stacia Selinger says they were originally going to retrofit a plow blade onto an existing truck but the price got too high.
“We received a quote to retrofit an existing truck we had and that quote was for $190,000,” she said.
“We prepared a request for proposal for the retrofit to try and save costs but the result came back well over what we had expected.”
The lowest cost the city received was $293,000.
The city budgeted $550,000 in 2024 so the purchase of this vehicle is under budget.
City staff say the truck would be built and delivered 220 days after the tender is awarded.
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