Popkum Community Trail east of Chilliwack to undergo gravel work and boardwalk replacement

POPKUM — The Fraser Valley Regional District is soliciting requests for quotation (RFQ) through September 9 for gravel work and boardwalk demolition and reconstruction at the 1.6-kilometre Popkum Community Trail east of Chilliwack.

The RFQ period opened August 12; an optional on-site meeting for prospective bidders will be held this Thursday, September 1 at the trail on Yale Road.

The gravel work involves capping a 226-metre (740-foot) section of trail with gravel and installing a new culvert to improve drainage on a section of trail between the parking lot entrance and wooden boardwalk. The work includes site preparation like raking, leveling, compacting, and crowning; a 75-millimetre base layer of three-quarter inch quarry crush, and top dressing of 60-75 millimetres of crusher dust.

The boardwalk demolition and reconstruction involves dismantling and disposing of a 184-metre long wooden boardwalk and wire mesh, at the contractor’s expense, and reconstructing a boardwalk that is four feet wide. Six-foot long ramps will need to be installed at the boardwalk entrance to accommodate mobility devices.