VANCOUVER – The City of Vancouver began its final phase of sewer work at Oak Street and West 70th Avenue on Aug. 22.
The work includes replacing aging combined sewer infrastructure with new separated sewer pipes along Oak Street, West 70th Avenue and Fremlin Street. At a value of $28.5 million it is one of the largest projects in Vancouver’s current 2023-2026 Capital Plan, a City of Vancouver release said.
Work will take place 24/7 and is expected to be completed by the evening of Aug. 27, the release said.
There will be significant traffic impacts to the area over the six days, with traffic lanes reduced on Oak Street with at least one lane remaining open in each direction and the possibility of through-traffic restricted along West 70th Ave.’s intersection.
Following the intersection work, crews will continue their work on Oak Street between West 70th and West 64th Avenue until spring 2025 with traffic lanes reduced to two lanes in each direction on Oak Street during the daytime and lanes reduced to one lane southbound and two lanes northbound on Oak Street during night work (8 p.m. to 5 a.m.).
Once complete the upgrades will result in approximately one kilometre of new sewer pipes with a life expectancy of 100 years, the release said.
The Oak Street Sewer Separation Upgrades Project began in October 2023 as part of a neighbourhood utilities servicing plan to enable growth in the Cambie Corridor, the release said. Once complete the higher capacity, separated pipe system will serve the growing Cambie Corridor where more than 40,000 new residents are expected to live by 2040.
The project will also advance the city’s regulatory requirement to eliminate Combined Sewer Overflows by 2050, the release added.
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