The preparation for a new 17-lot residential development in Forrest will cost the Rural Municipality of Elton $1 million.

Elton council unanimously approved a tender of $1,000,000.63 to Hodgson Construction Ltd. at its council meeting on Tuesday, according to draft minutes the RM posted on its website.

The project will include extending two roads and complete drainage and watermain work to prepare land for 17 new lots on the east side of the community.

“We’ve been trying to get here for quite a few years now, so it’s good to get to the stage that we know that construction is not that far away,” Reeve Ches Bollman said.

The $1-million bid was the lowest of about six bids, Bollman said Friday evening. The other bids couldn’t be found online. Phone calls for additional information to the

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