You may have noticed the stakes, traffic cones and red paint along O’Reilly Road and Johnson Avenue.
Dig It Contracting has begun an eight-week construction project to extend underground 3-phase power lines to the new care home at Mission Creek Landing at 3081 Hall Rd. The new infrastructure will power the elevators and other functions in the three-storey building.
Crews will dig trenches in phases to install the FortisBC line from the care home to the community well at Dunsmuir Road and O’Reilly, where 3-phase power currently ends. They’ll excavate along the east side of Hall, the northeast (park) side of Johnson, the north side of O’Reilly and both sides of the west end of Dunsmuir.
The contractor expects to complete the work by mid-November. Traffic flaggers will delay vehicles and set up single-lane alternating traffic for brief periods at different parts of the route as workers excavate open ditches. They’ll lay down road plates when needed to get traffic across the ditch line.
Owners of the affected properties have been notified. Crews will dig city-owned property near the curb in front of the homes. If they have to remove any sections of grass, asphalt, concrete or other hard surfaces, they’ll be restored to their previous condition or better.
Blaine Roshinsky is supervising the project. If you need more information, email info@digitcontracting.ca or call 250-862-7738.