City of Chilliwack tackling several public works improvement projects during dry summer and fall season

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Over on the north side of town, a deteriorating storm drainage pipe on Williams Street just east of downtown Chilliwack will be replaced and upsized. The Williams Street storm design will focus on mitigating surface water pooling and increasing flow capacity within the system. Sandpiper Contracting LLP was awarded the project; final design has already been completed, and the project is slated to go until late November.

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Over on Atchelitz Road north of Yale Road in the industrial section of town, the City says the watercourse banks have eroded causing road base materials and a section of roadway to weaken. The City has since undertaken bank stabilization, topsoil and seeding, slope stabilization and road repairs. There are plans, if they haven’t already been addressed, to fully restore the road and institute tree and vegetation planting on the stabilized bank during the current fall season.

Image: Supplied by the City of Chilliwack / The City of Chilliwack has made slope stabilization along Atchelitz Road a priority.

Similarly, the City has been working toward bank stabilization and road restoration on Camp River Road in Rosedale. The watercourse banks eroded and sections of the road were subsequently weakened, undermined and collapsed. Construction has been ongoing in September and October, the City says. Roadway repairs were exacerbated by overhead power lines, compromised B.C. Hydro poles and underground utilities, poor or soft subsurface materials, and proximity to the sensitive watercourse, which is critical habitat for the Salish Sucker. Bank stabilization at the intersection of Camp River and Jesperson, 48450 Camp River Road, has since been completed.

Image: Supplied by the City of Chilliwack.

Once Jake’s Construction has finished work on Camp River Road, they’ll head over to Hope River Road and conduct similar road repairs. Revegetation and tree planting along the stabilized slopes will happen sometime this fall.