Two significant storm drain culvert repairs are expected to impact commuters over the next two weeks.
The No. 4 Road exit from Highway 99 will be closed until Oct. 8 to replace a culvert. Residential access will be maintained, according to the City of Richmond
Meanwhile, morning commuters heading northbound on No. 2 Road should expect a traffic snag just after Granville Avenue, as city crews attempt to fix a small sinkhole, otherwise described by engineers as “ground settlement.”
Emergency roadwork will commence soon on the 50 metre portion of a box culvert at Walton Road that has cracked and allowed the road to sink. However there is no timeline for its completion.
City council had to approve $2 million in emergency funding for the repair, to be designated to a local contractor.
The money will come out of the city’s Drainage Utility Reserve, which has $30.7 million sitting in it.
—Graeme Wood/Richmond News
