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Identified in the Village’s 2019 Road, Bridge and Active Transportation Plan, the vehicular bridge abutments along McCombs Drive at the north river crossing are in poor condition and in need of repair. The existing abutments on the bridge are currently being retained by deteriorated wooden piles, planks, and steel cable. Ongoing deterioration of the wooden bridge abutments of the bridge caused settlement of the abutments to accelerate, resulting in a break in the sanitary sewer main in April 2023 which has been temporarily repaired. The existing watermain and sanitary sewer forcemain are presently secured to the old wood deck of the former bridge which is located beneath the current concrete bridge deck. To remediate this, the watermain and sanitary sewer forcemain will need to be relocated and secured to the outside of the main bridge structure. A request for proposal has been issued to temporarily relocate the utilities on the bridge deck so the abutment work can proceed. It should be noted, the main structures of the bridges were reconstructed in 2011/2012, so they do not require any repairs.
In May this year, staff had awarded the bridge abutment design work to a team of engineers which include Civil, Geotechnical, and Environmental Consultants to guide the project through design and the environmental and DFO permitting. After further failures during a rain event on September 16th , the project team has expedited the permit application under emergency measures. The engineering team have been inspecting the bridge and have recommended the current single lane traffic. Village staff continue to perform daily visual inspections to update the engineering team with any condition changes.
The project is being funded through a BC Government grant under the Growing Communities Fund.
Impacts to the public currently include single lane traffic on the bridge. Closures during repair work will be communicated, and detours will be in place.
Identified in the Village’s 2019 Road, Bridge and Active Transportation Plan, the vehicular bridge abutments along McCombs Drive at the north river crossing are in poor condition and in need of repair. The existing abutments on the bridge are currently being retained by deteriorated wooden piles, planks, and steel cable. Ongoing deterioration of the wooden bridge abutments of the bridge caused settlement of the abutments to accelerate, resulting in a break in the sanitary sewer main in April 2023 which has been temporarily repaired. The existing watermain and sanitary sewer forcemain are presently secured to the old wood deck of the former bridge which is located beneath the current concrete bridge deck. To remediate this, the watermain and sanitary sewer forcemain will need to be relocated and secured to the outside of the main bridge structure. A request for proposal has been issued to temporarily relocate the utilities on the bridge deck so the abutment work can proceed. It should be noted, the main structures of the bridges were reconstructed in 2011/2012, so they do not require any repairs.
In May this year, staff had awarded the bridge abutment design work to a team of engineers which include Civil, Geotechnical, and Environmental Consultants to guide the project through design and the environmental and DFO permitting. After further failures during a rain event on September 16th , the project team has expedited the permit application under emergency measures. The engineering team have been inspecting the bridge and have recommended the current single lane traffic. Village staff continue to perform daily visual inspections to update the engineering team with any condition changes.
The project is being funded through a BC Government grant under the Growing Communities Fund.
Impacts to the public currently include single lane traffic on the bridge. Closures during repair work will be communicated, and detours will be in place.
