The Highway 91/17 Upgrade Project

Drummond. The project is on track for completion this spring, once the remaining work including landscaping, line painting, site demobilization and other minor works is complete. Pacific Gateway Constructors, a consortium comprised of Ledcor (40%), Aecon (35%) and BEL Contracting (25%), is carrying out the contract awarded by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Pacific Gateway Constructors employed local trades for the project, and awarded over $16 million in contract value to local Indigenous businesses and partnerships through subcontracting opportunities. “The Design-Builder worked with a number of Indigenous nations to offer employment and contracting opportunities, resulting in substantial sub-contracting with member-owned and jointventure businesses,” says Drummond. “In addition, the Ministry contracted environmental consulting services directly with a local First Nation to assist with monitoring of project construction and environmental offsetting.” The Ministry also partnered with a local First Nation to undertake Fraser River foreshore clean-up and planting on a residual property outside of the project area”. As part of the broader Highway 91/17 and Deltaport Way Upgrade program, the 27B Avenue improvements were jointly funded by Tsawwassen First Nation and the Government of Canada. Photo Credit - B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure 6

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