Niverville Town Council has awarded their annual gravel contract to Barkman Cartage as they prepare for spring and summer road work.

Mayor Myron Dyck says even though there are not many gravel roads within town limits, they still need to do some gravel work every year. He notes the contract that has been awarded also covers topsoil.

"For topsoil, we do generate a lot ourselves just through our composting program but should we need to supplement that, this is a time to say 'what is your price per ton should we need it' and so this is what gets awarded this time of year."

Dyck says the gravel and topsoil contract comes at a cost of $70,000.