Miners Construction Co. Ltd of Saskatoon has been awarded the contract for the third phase of Lanigan's $6.1 million water and wastewater systems project.

The company will upgrade the water treatment plant, construct a control building for new wells and install a new raw water line, the Town of Lanigan said in a news release.

Construction is to start later this spring.

The new raw water line will be installed along Agnew Ave. and in the middle of Hoover St. in Lanigan to move water to the treatment plant from the new wells west of the community’s sportsgrounds, the town says. Drivers in town should expect detours at times.

As part of the water treatment plant upgrade, a new reverse osmosis system will be installed within the existing footprint of that facility. During this part of the final phase, precautionary drinking water advisories or water restrictions may be temporarily put in place to help the upgraded water treatment plant and related systems become operational, the town says.

The construction of an expanded sewage lagoon was completed last year, as well as two new water wells and monitoring wells.

The entire project is currently targeted to be completed by early 2019.

The town and the provincial and federal governments are splitting the cost of the project.