The north No. 2 Road pump station is about to get a spiffy new design.
Construction of an upgraded $4.4 million pump station featuring glass walls and a wing-like roof will begin this spring and be completed in the fall.
With the transparent design, passersby will be able to view the complicated machinery of the pump.
The pump, beneath the No. 2 Road Bridge, services an area bound north-south by Francis Road and the dyke, and east-west by Railway Avenue and Gilbert Road.
The pump upgrade will be supplemented with a 1.4 metre raising of the dyke in short sections directly adjacent to the station, to accommodate sea level rises due to global warming.
A city report says the “drainage system is designed to prevent the City from flooding during up to a one in 10 year rainfall event.”
Richmond has 49 kilometres of dykes and 41 pumps.
