Construction on Highway 19A is starting up again.
The City of Campbell River and contractor Wacor Holdings Ltd. are restarting construction on Monday.
This comes after a three-week pause to help reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 and to review provincial health and safety orders.
The restart will be under a revised health and safety plan that allows the project to move forward while making sure all provincial health orders are met.
“It is vitally important that this critical infrastructure upgrade is able to progress where possible, while also protecting the safety of workers and our community,” says Mayor Andy Adams. “We are glad to see the vigilance put in place by the contractor and of the teamwork with our city’s project team to see it continue to move forward.”
On March 26th, the province released a list of essential services, which included construction, as long as public health orders for workers can be met on site.
“This is an example of where the City of Campbell River is working to keep services running where safely possible to do so,” says City Manager Deborah Sargent. “Each day, we are assessing where ongoing work can be adapted to meet current health orders.”
Construction will start near Rotary Beach Park, with work throughout the construction corridor between Rockland Road and 1st Avenue.
The highway will be reduced to single-lane alternating traffic at times.
Drivers are reminded that 30 km/h speed limits will be in place.
“We know this is an important project and that we can keep people working safely. This is important to our community and our economy. We’re glad to be able to create a plan that can see us moving forward again,” says Wacor Holdings Ltd. President Dave Atkinson.
The city will be monitoring health orders with regular meetings and ongoing site inspections.
Work could be altered or stopped at any time should provincial health orders change.
