Construction of the overpass on the causeway at Port Metro Vancouver’s Deltaport at Roberts Bank in Delta, B.C. is expected to be completed by October 2014.
"The causeway overpass is being built in six phases over approximately 20 months and will separate road and rail traffic," said Port Metro Vancouver spokesman John Parker-Jervis.
The causeway overpass project has several different components: The relocation of some utilities and tracks; ground improvements and pilings; construction of multiple traffic detours; building of overpass substructure and superstructure; and construction of approach lanes and a U-turn route.
Work on the overpass has been underway since March 2013.
The general contractor is DragadosCanada/Jacob Bros Construction Joint-Venture.
It is the first component of the Deltaport Terminal, Road and Rail Improvement Project to be built.
After completion of the causeway overpass, TSI Terminal Systems Inc., the operator of Deltaport, will be making a series of on-terminal improvements to increase the capacity of the terminal.
"The improvements include changes to the inter-modal yard, installation of new rail-mounted gantry cranes, as well as additional container handling equipment," said Parker-Jervis.
This component of the Deltaport improvement project is being led by BC Rail.
"Both of these efforts are still in the planning stages and are expected to be complete by the end of 2016," Parker-Jervis said.
The Deltaport Terminal, Road and Rail Improvement Project as a whole has four main parts to it.
In addition to the causeway overpass and the reconfiguration of rail track, and additional container handling equipment in the present Deltaport terminal, they include additional rail track in the present railway corridor, as well as a portion of the Option Lands and road improvements on Deltaport Way.
The last project element will improve the movement of container trucks at Deltaport.
The purpose of the Deltaport Terminal, Road and Rail Improvement Project is to increase the container-handling capacity of Deltaport.
Although Deltaport is already the largest container terminal in Canada, the upgrade will increase the port’s current container capacity of 1.8 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit containers) by 600,000, to a total of 2.4 million TEUs
Current road and rail constraints limit the capacity of Deltaport to meet forecast demand for additional container movements.
The work is being led by Port Metro Vancouver, the integrated port authority for the Lower Mainland, and terminal operator TSI Terminal Systems Inc.
The Deltaport upgrading project faces two main challenges, said Parker-Jervis.
"First, there is the need to ensure that truck traffic to and from the Deltaport container terminal is not negatively affected," he said.
"And second, there is the requirement to accommodate the rail lines that run through the middle of the construction site and the 20 to 24 rail movements that occur daily on these lines."
Planning for the Deltaport improvement project began in 2011, and environmental approval was received in November 2012.
Completion of the remaining elements of the project is expected by the end of 2016.
The Deltaport improvement project is one of several ongoing projects being led by Port Metro Vancouver.
Others include the Low Level Road, the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project, and the South Shore Corridor Project and Centerm Expansion Project in Vancouver.
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