Image: City of Chilliwack / The City of Chilliwack has put out a tender inviting prospective companies to potentially bid on a project that would build a pedestrian bridge extending Williams Street across Hope Slough and into Fairfield Island. According to documents on the city's website, the proposed bridge would connect Williams Street with a pathway leading into Williams Road in Fairfield Island, including nearby Gwynne Vaughan Park, a cherished oasis situated on 6.8 acres of gardens, shrubs, sprawling meadows and a heritage orchard.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

City of Chilliwack

City of Chilliwack considering pedestrian bridge to extend Williams St. across Hope Slough into Fairfield Island

Oct 18, 2023 | 6:15 AM

CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack is inviting prospective companies to potentially bid on a project that would build a pedestrian bridge extending Williams Street across Hope Slough and into Fairfield Island.

According to documents on the city’s website, the proposed bridge would connect Williams Street with a pathway leading to Williams Road in Fairfield Island, including nearby Gwynne Vaughan Park, a cherished oasis situated on 6.8 acres of gardens, shrubs, sprawling meadows and a heritage orchard.

The city has issued an RFEI, or request for expression interest from proponent firms who possess the required personnel, experience and resources to provide engineering design services for what’s being called the “Williams Street Pedestrian Bridge” project.

Image: Google Maps / The City of Chilliwack has put out a tender to proponent firms interested in designing a pedestrian/cycling bridge from just right of the red pin above, near 9809 Williams Street, that would cross Hope Slough and connect with Fairfield Island.

The city states in tender documents that the objective of this project is to provide a bridge and cyclist facilities across Hope Slough at Williams Street, while considering cost effectiveness and the performance of the designs.

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While the city estimates the proposed project, including construction, will not exceed $1.5 million, proponents are encouraged to include in their RFEI submittal an upper and lower limit engineering design budget on what they consider to be the value of the RFP work.

The successful proponent will need to undertake all necessary site investigations depending on the preliminary design solution, and satisfy the project requirements for identifying potential risks of the project for future design-build or tender performance specifications.

Interested companies have to submit their formal package of interest to the city by Wednesday, November 15 at 3 p.m.

The city hopes to have substantial completion of the design by August 15, 2024.