Puslinch Today

Winnipeg has awarded a major sewage-plant construction contract to an Ontario-based firm despite a labour group’s concerns that a slightly more expensive Manitoba bid was overlooked.

Council’s water-and-waste committee voted Monday to award a $180-million contract to Morriston, Ont.-based NAC Constructors, the lowest bidder on a job that involves upgrades at the second-largest of the city’s three sewage-treatment plants, the South End Water Pollution Control Centre.

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