Overview
In September 2023, Beedie Fraser Mills LP submitted a request for permit extension and change of scope PER No. 19-074. The proposed Fraser Mills Foreshore Improvements – Amendment 02 spans the waterfront adjacent to 2 King Edward Street, in Coquitlam, British Columbia on federal lands and waters managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
As part of the Project and Environmental Review for the proposed project under the Impact Assessment Act, the proposed project was posted on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry with an opportunity for public comment between August 13 and September 11, 2024. The port authority will conduct formal consultation activities with stakeholders and Indigenous groups.
About the proposed amendment:
Fraser Mills Properties Ltd. (the Permit Holder) under the existing permit PER No. 19-074 is planning to undertake approximately 800 metres of foreshore improvements, which includes landscaping, habitat planting, stormwater improvements, and modifications to the existing 90-metre-long wharf.
The Permit Holder has requested an amendment to PER No. 19-074 to add additional scope components relating to the existing wharf improvements to meet new building code requirements and ensure structural integrity of the wharf, including:
- Replacement and extension of a sheet pile wall debris barrier and an addition of a debris boom, including approximately 6 steel pipe piles
- Installation of a concrete retaining wall at the top of the riverbank, approximately 100 metres long\
- Installation of a sheet pile wall, approximately 90 metres in length, within the bed of the river in front of the wharf
- Placement of approximately 805 square metres of riprap beneath the wharf within the intertidal and subtidal area including subsurface ground improvements as needed.
- Placement of approximately 965 square metres of aggregate fill and dredged sand beneath the wharf in the intertidal and subtidal area including subsurface ground improvements as needed.
- Creation of an intertidal marsh, approximately 275 square metres and a tidal channel, approximately 88 square metres, beneath the wharf
The Permit Holder is also requesting to extend the expiry date of the permit as a precautionary measure and to undertake works outside standard construction hours to accommodate the low tide schedule.
Permit issued
Amendment issued
- The Permit extension was requested to enable physical activities related to the completion of the Fraser Mills Foreshore Improvements up until December 31, 2024.
- The extension was requested as a result of leasing delays. The scope of works that will be completed during the extended period remains unchanged, and includes landscape improvements and landscaping, storm water improvements, and changes to the existing wharf.
About the project
Permit details
Applicant
Application Number
- 19-074
- 19-074-01
- 19-074-02
Contact information
Contact information For questions regarding the Project and Environmental Review of the project, or to get in touch with our team, please contact us by email or phone at 604.665.9047.
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