In June 2024, amendment PER No. 20-084-01 was issued to Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd. The amendment approved a request to extend the expiry date for the permit to February 28, 2026. The project is located at 20 Brooksbank Ave, North Vancouver, BC, British Columbia on federal lands and waters managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. About the proposed amendment: Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd. proposes to extend the validity of the approved permit, which expired on February 28, 2024. The amendment is being requested due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, hyperinflation in the market, and a shortage of key construction workers, which have delayed this project. There are no changes to the approved construction activities or scope of the work. Permit issued On January 20, 2022, a project permit was issued to Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd. to replace the walls and expand their graving dock facility located on the north side of Burrard Inlet adjacent to 20 Brooksbank Avenue, North Vancouver, British Columbia. The project is on federal lands and water managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. The project was approved subject to 41 permit conditions that the permit holder must meet to ensure the project does not result in significant adverse environmental effects. Construction is anticipated to take approximately three months to complete. Project activities and components include: Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd. proposes to replace the walls and expand their graving dock facility located on the North side of Burrard Inlet adjacent to their operations facility. The proposed project works include:

• Installation of upland sheet pile walls and tie backs outside of the existing Graving Dock footprint to create the expanded area
• Upland excavation of the expanded footprint
• Installation of a temporary cofferdam around the Graving Dock gate expansion area
• Demolition of the existing Graving Dock sheet pile, concrete base slab and access gate
• Reconstruction of the access gate and reinstatement of the adjacent sheet pile walls
• Cast-in-place concrete pour of the Graving Dock’s expanded concrete base slab
• Installation of subtidal riprap armouring and decommissioning of the temporary cofferdam

The Project will be undertaken primarily from the land, with marine works limited to the southern boundary of the graving dock. Marine works will be completed in isolation from the marine environment by use of a temporary cofferdam.  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 November 19 and December 18, 2021. Contact informationFor questions regarding the Project and Environmental Review of the proposed project, or to get in touch with our team, please contact us by email or phone at 604.665.9047. Please note, when receiving public feedback as part of the PER process, the port authority may collect your personal information, i.e., your name, contact information and personal views and opinions, to inform the PER process for a proposed project. Your personal information may be disclosed to third parties, such as our tenants, in order for them to respond directly to you or help inform our response. You are entitled to submit a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner office here.