More than three years in the making, Richmond’s new pump station is almost complete with unique glass walls that provide the public with an unusual glimpse of its inner mechanics.
In 2016, the provincial government announced funding for four drainage pump upgrades in the city. The No. 2 Road North Drainage Pump Station is currently operational but its glass wall features and landscaping are expected to be completed by the early summer.
Located beneath the No. 2 Road Bridge, the pump services an area bound north-south by Francis Road and the dyke, and east-west by Railway Avenue and Gilbert Road.
Richmond currently has 39 electronically-monitored pump stations to discharge rainwater druring storms and in the event that the Fraser River spills over the dikes during a high tide.
The upgrade is part of the city’s and province’s plan to be prepared for a sea level rise of about 1.2 metres in the next 100 years.
With files from Graeme Wood
