Highway 91/17 and Deltaport Way Upgrade Project
Client
R.F. Binnie & Associates Ltd.
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Project Duration
July 2017 – June 2019
Background
Hatfield provided environmental management and assessment services to Binnie in support of their role as Owner’s Engineer for the Highway 91/17 and Deltaport Way Upgrade Project. The Project was jointly funded by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI), the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) and the Tsawwassen First Nation. The funding partners delegated implementation of the Project to MOTI. The Project provided significant improvements to highway capacity and safety at Nordel Interchange, Hwy 91C connector, Sunbury Interchange and 80th Street/Hwy 17 intersection. The Project also involved improvements to the intersection between Deltaport Way and 27B Avenue and additional works for the portion of 27B Avenue on Tsawwassen First Nation land that connects the Canadian Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Roberts Bank Container Examination Facility to the Roberts Bank Terminal.
The Project was delivered as a combination of design-bid-build and design-build contracts.
Services Provided
The main environmental challenges were the project’s proximity to Burns Bog and the Delta Nature Reserve, as well as its spatial overlap with South Fraser Perimeter Road Project (SFPR) which continued to be governed by an Environmental Assessment Certificate pursuant to the BC Environmental Assessment Act. Hatfield provided environmental management and assessment services to Binnie with a focus on the design-build Hwy 91/17 Upgrade component of the project. Hatfield’s services mainly comprised the following: provided environmental input to Binnie’s development of a reference concept for the Hwy 91/17 Upgrade Project (to support tendering); completed an Overview Environmental Effects Assessment (OEEA); provided environmental management of early works (including environmental planning and permitting), provided environmental support during the tendering process, monitored potential project effects on surface and groundwater quality in Burns Bog, and provided environmental technical support to MOTI’s engagement with Indigenous nations, regulatory agencies, stakeholders (e.g., Burns Bog Conservation Society, City of Delta, Metro Vancouver) and the public. The OEEA was critical in defining and communicating the environmental requirements to the Design-Build Contractor.
