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By Mike Vanden Bosch

Fixing Chilliwack roads

City to repair Rosedale, downtown Chilliwack roads

Jul 3, 2022 | 7:08 AM

CHILLIWACK – On the heels of a newly paved, widened stretch of Vedder Road in Sardis, the City of Chilliwack plans further street improvements to some rough roads throughout town.

The city revealed Friday that it will begin street rehabilitation in Rosedale in July. First up is Yale Road between Ford Road and McGrath Road, representing a roughly 280-metre stretch of the primary route through Rosedale, as well as Ferry Road from McGrath Road to the dyke. Both are due to be finished this month.

Downtown Chilliwack contains a number of streets due for resurfacing, but the city has not determined a start date. Yale Road between Nowell Street and Charles Street, and Yale Road from Main Street to Princess Avenue near downtown Save-on Foods, are being repaved. Spadina Avenue between Yale Road and First Avenue, in front of the Chilliwack Museum, is on the list, and so is Wellington Avenue from Mill Street to Cook Street. The downtown RCMP Community Policing office is in this block of Wellington Avenue. A roughly five-block section of Nowell Street from First Avenue to Yale Street, just west of Ruth and Naomi’s, will also be repaired.

Rounding out the list of targeted streets, outside of the downtown core, are Mayfair Avenue west of Menzies Street, Evans Road near the Wells Road intersection, Chilliwack Central Road from Annis Road to Ford Road out in the country, almost a mile of Upper Prairie Road north of the highway, a truck-heavy section of Lickman Road just north of Highway 1, and Willow Drive between Chilliwack Central Road and McCaffrey Boulevard. None of these projects contains a start date.

Subject to available funding, the City intends to ameliorate a portion of Gill Road, the first 300 metres of James Street north of Acorn Street, and upgrade Annis Road at Yale Road for an additional left turn.

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So far this year, the City has completed road repairs to Ryder Lake Road, South Sumas Road, Hopedale Road, Savoy Road, and Kirk Avenue to No. 3 Road.

The City submits several tenders for asphalt rehabilitation work to maintain driving surfaces and reduce maintenance costs. The city’s engineering department recommends repair to roads in the worst condition in each classification based on a survey that is typically updated every five years. Stantec last conducted a comprehensive survey in the late summer of 2017.

In situations where significant deterioration or other upgrades are requisite, minor drainage and curb and gutter improvements often occur adjacent to rehabilitation projects. City engineering staff coordinate timing and scope of improvements with the operations, development and utility departments in order to reduce unnecessary utility cuts in newer asphalt. The city says it aims to increase cost efficiencies and minimize impacts to residents.