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(2) It is-correct that the construction contractor identified discrepancies.between the design levels and the actual levels. As a result of this the stormwater design was amended to discharge runoff further down a
- natural drainage .line. As a result-of the amendment the design objectives were achieved.,
(3) Public Works and Services approved. the design and proceeded with with works. The amendment was also approved. . The stormwater design was amended to compensate for the inaccurate base information. The fact . that the system then discharged at a different location in no way reduced the necessity for the collection and disposal of runoff from the .future lawn burial area..
(4). The entire Gungahlin Cemetery Upgrading (Stage 8)..
-totalled approximately $172,400.
The cost of the stormwater component of the project was $21,742.
The other works involved: -
earthworks and gravel pavement.to the Orthodox burial, area;
irrigation and tree and shrub planting associated -
with the Orthodox and new headstone burial areas;.
formation of an internal loop road to service a -future lawn burial area; provision of park benches at various locations; and
tree planting adjacent to the new road formation
which is still to be completed. -
(5) The formation for a new road to access the future lawn burial area altered the natural. water flow.within the. site. The management of stormwater within .the subcatchment was essential in order to protect. the road. from storm damage and to drain the burial area. The stormwater system was therefore- essential . and consequently the-design was amended to ensure that it performed its necessary function. Accordingly, there was never any question of cancelling the project as. the redesigned system performs- an essential engineering and landscape function. .
(6) Discrepancies-in survey information occasionally occur: .For small projects the costs of resurveying areas prior
to undertaking work is often prohibitive: and anomalies ..
which are identified during construction corrected at
that stage
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