Storm Sewer Infrastructure Projects

Project Description

Hot Springs Road is a Ministry of Transportation and Transit (MOTT) arterial road (Highway 9), which serves a large rural area including the Village of Harrison Hot Springs. The Drainage Improvement Project will improve road infrastructure, reduce negative environmental impacts to Village infrastructure, improve public safety along a critical active transportation corridor and help address urgent climate change concerns. 

Construction of a modern storm sewer system on Hot Springs Road will alleviate local flooding both on private property and in the roadway - improving pedestrian, cycle, and vehicle safety in the area. The project will provide important primary treatment to storm water from Hot Springs Road before it discharges to the delicate habitat of the Miami River. This new infrastructure will safeguard the Waste Water Treatment Plant against damaging storm water inflow, and will mitigate the ongoing impact of climate change on important infrastructure assets. 

This project supports the Village's Liquid Waste Management Plan (2016).

Project Works

This project will ensure that a permanent drainage solution to improve storm water management along Hot Springs Road is installed. The scope of work includes the construction of storm sewer infrastructure (subsurface drainage, open ditching, and storm water treatment facilities) along Hot Springs Road between Miami River Bridge South and Aspen Lane, which covers approximately 1km of poorly drained area. This project will be managed and delivered by MOTT. The Village will also be completing a storm infrastructure project that will provide a connection/discharge point for the drainage along Hot Springs Road. The storm infrastructure will be constructed between Hot Springs Road/McCombs Drive (in SRW) and Emerald Avenue/Ramona Place, discharging into the Miami River.

Project Area

Quick Facts

• Hot Springs Road (Hwy 9) - the two Storm Sewer Infrastructure Projects will consist of approximately 1300m of stormwater pipe, three outfalls with oil and silt separators, and related works. 

• New asphalt paving on Highway 9

• The Village's project will be funded by the Investing in Canada in Infrastructure Program (supported by the Government of Canada and the Province of B.C.)